The Role of the Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Introduction
August 2011
Welcome to Mayo Medical Laboratories' Hot Topics. These presentations provide short discussions of current topics and may be helpful to you in your practice.
Our presenter for this program is Dr. Melissa Snyder, Director of the Antibody Immunology Laboratory, in the Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Snyder discusses clinical symptoms and classification of rheumatoid arthritis and the contribution of laboratory testing in diagnosis.
After viewing the Hot Topic, we invite you to participate in Beyond Hot Topic. This question and answer session will be posted online approximately 1 month after the Hot Topic presentation is posted. You can submit a question for Dr. Snyder using the information at the end of the presentation. Thank you Dr. Snyder.
Introduction |
Jump to section:
- Introduction to Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Risk Factors Associated with Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Clinical Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis
- 1987 Classification Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- 2010 Classification Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Laboratory Evaluation of Patient with RA
- Utility of Rheumatoid Factor
- Discovery of Anti-Citrulline Antibodies
- Enzymatic Process of Citrullination
- Diagnostic Performance of Anti-Citrulline Antibodies
- Development of Clinical Assays for Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies
- Development of Clinical Assays for Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies
- Sensitivity and Specificity Comparison Anti-CCP and RF
- Summary
- Questions?
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