Serum hepcidin level is not an independent surrogate biomarker of disease activity or of radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis: results from the ESPOIR cohort

Ann Rheum Dis. 2013 Feb;72(2):312-4. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202119. Epub 2012 Nov 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / blood*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / blood*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnostic imaging*
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Cohort Studies
  • Disease Progression*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Hepcidins
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • Biomarkers
  • HAMP protein, human
  • Hepcidins