Is tooth extraction as proxy for periodontal disease related to the development of RA? Lessons from a longitudinal study in the at-risk stage of clinically suspect arthralgia

Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Apr 30:ard-2024-225688. doi: 10.1136/ard-2024-225688. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Sarah J H Khidir¹, René E M Toes², Elise van Mulligen^{2

3}, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands s.j.h.khidir@lumc.nl.
² Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
³ Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 38688699
DOI: 10.1136/ard-2024-225688

No abstract available

Keywords: Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies; Antibodies; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Autoimmunity.

Publication types

Letter