Citrullination of synovial proteins in m
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Erik R. Vossenaar; Suzanne Nijenhuis; Monique M. A. Helsen; Annemarie van der He
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Objective Antibodies directed to citrullineβcontaining proteins are highly specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and can be detected in up to 80% of patients with RA. Citrulline is a nonstandard amino acid that can be incorporated into proteins only by posttranslational modificatio