Cohort profile: SCREEN-RA: design, methods and perspectives of a Swiss cohort study of first-degree relatives of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Purpose Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an insidious autoimmune disease, with an immunological onset years before diagnosis. Early interventions in preclinical stages could prevent or minimise the progression towards irreversible joint damage. The SCREEN-RA cohort (Evaluation of a SCREENing strategy fo...

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Axel Finckh, Kim Lauper, Denis Mongin, Delphine S Courvoisier, Celine Lamacchia, Diego Kyburz, Andrea Rubbert-Roth, Benoît Thomas P Gilbert, Eric Trunk, Olivia Studer, Burkhard Moeller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/7/e048409.full