Identification of Characteristic Autoantibodies Associated With Deficiency Pattern in Traditional Chinese Medicine of Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Protein Chips

• Main Authors: Heru Zhao (Author), Yin Zhang (Author), Bin Liu (Author), Li Li (Author), Lulu Zhang (Author), Mei Bao (Author), Hongtao Guo (Author), Haiyu Xu (Author), Hui Feng (Author), Lianbo Xiao (Author), Wenjun Yi (Author), Jianfeng Yi (Author), Peng Chen (Author), Cheng Lu (Author), Aiping Lu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease. Based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory, deficiency pattern (DP) which leads to specific treatment principles in clinical management is a crucial pattern diagnosis among RA patients, and autoantibodies have potential implicat...