Raised C-reactive protein response in rheumatoid arthritis patients with secondary Sjögren's syndrome

P Youinou; P Fauquert; Y L Pennec; B Bendaoud; P Katsikis; P Le Goff

doi:10.1007/BF02274779

Raised C-reactive protein response in rheumatoid arthritis patients with secondary Sjögren's syndrome

Rheumatol Int. 1990;10(1):39-41. doi: 10.1007/BF02274779.

Authors

P Youinou¹, P Fauquert, Y L Pennec, B Bendaoud, P Katsikis, P Le Goff

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Immunology, Brest University Medical School, France.

PMID: 2353152
DOI: 10.1007/BF02274779

Abstract

The levels of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) were found to be significantly higher in the presence than in the absence of secondary Sjögren's syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, while the values of erythrocyte sedimentation rate and serum fibrinogen were not significantly different. The levels of CRP were found to be normal in 22 out of 24 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / blood*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
Blood Sedimentation
C-Reactive Protein / analysis*
Female
Fibrinogen / analysis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sjogren's Syndrome / blood*
Sjogren's Syndrome / classification
Sjogren's Syndrome / etiology

Substances

Fibrinogen
C-Reactive Protein