Autoantibodies autoimmune risk alleles and clinical associations in rheumatoid arthritis cases and non-RA controls in the electronic medical records

摘要

ObjectivesThe significance of non-RA autoantibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unclear. We studied associations between autoimmune risk alleles and autoantibodies in RA cases and non-RA controls, and autoantibodies and clinical diagnoses from the electronic medical records (EMR).