When persistent joint pain strikes, the search for answers often leads to a crucial diagnostic tool: the rheumatoid factor test. This relatively quick blood analysis serves as a window into the immune ...

Dr. Eric Ruderman answers the question: 'What Is A Rheumatoid Factor Test?' — -- Question: What is a rheumatoid factor test and how is it used to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis? Answer: Rheumatoid ...

A rheumatoid factor test measures the amount of rheumatoid factor in your blood. Rheumatoid factors are proteins produced by your immune system that can attack healthy tissue in your body. High levels ...

Exagen Diagnostics has announced the launch of the first validated blood test to detect anticarbamylated protein antibodies, which have been found to be significantly elevated in patients with ...

September 7, 2012 — Elevated rheumatoid factor (RF) levels in healthy patients may be a strong predictor of future rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to data from a prospective cohort study ...

Antibodies to peptides not currently used for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis helped identify patients with untreated early disease that conventional biomarkers missed, researchers said. Almost ...

Is there a possibility of having some type of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), even though it doesn’t show up clearly in the blood work? (My CRP level was 0.3, rheumatoid factor was 10, anti-CCP result was ...

Dr. Stephen Paget answers the question: 'Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA) Test?' — -- Question: What is an antinuclear antibodies (ANA) test and how is it used to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis?

NICE highlights that even with a normal acute-phase response, negative anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide [CCP] antibodies or rheumatoid factor, an urgent referral should be made if any of the ...

Developed by Sebia, the new antibody test is a highly sensitive and specific biomarker, which detects autoantibodies against a mutated form of the vimentin protein in individuals who test negative for ...

BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Crescendo Bioscience ®, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company developing quantitative biomarker tests for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other inflammatory diseases, today ...