B-lymphocyte activating factor in systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis in relation to autoantibody levels, disease measures and time

A Becker-Merok, C Nikolaisen, HC Nossent - Lupus, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Overexpression of B-lymphocyte activating factor (BAFF) results in arthritis, glomerulonephritis
and autoantibody formation in mice, but its role in human autoimmune disease is less …

Anemia in early rheumatoid arthritis is associated with interleukin 6-mediated bone marrow suppression, but has no effect on disease course or mortality.

C Nikolaisen, Y Figenschau, JC Nossent - The Journal of rheumatology, 2008 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) is the most common extraarticular
manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but there is limited information on the cause and …

Diagnostic value of antibodies against mutated citrullinated vimentin for rheumatoid arthritis

E Besada, C Nikolaisen, JC Nossent - 2011 - munin.uit.no
OBJECTIVES: To compare the diagnostic efficiency of anti-MCV, anti-CCP2 and RF
detection for patients with RA. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of patients with established …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha-actinin-binding antibodies in relation to systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis

…, M Kalaaji, K Haugbro, C Nikolaisen… - Arthritis Research & …, 2006 - Springer
This study investigated the overall clinical impact of anti-α-actinin antibodies in patients with
pre-selected autoimmune diseases and in a random group of anti-nuclear antibody (ANA)-…

Rheumatoid factor by laser nephelometry and Waaler–Rose assay: prognostic value in patients with recent‐onset rheumatoid arthritis

C Nikolaisen, OP Rekvig… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To evaluate the prognostic value of rheumatoid factor (RF), detected in the Waaler–Rose
agglutination assay and by nephelometry, in patients with recent‐onset rheumatoid …

Diagnostic impact of contemporary biomarker assays for rheumatoid arthritis

C Nikolaisen, OP Rekvig… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The impetus towards early treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
requires more reliable disease markers than the non‐specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) …

Early histology in ankylosing spondylitis related spondylodiscitis supports its inflammatory origin

C Nikolaisen, H Nossent - Scandinavian journal of rheumatology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
It is unclear whether the destructive lesions of the vertebral bodies in the spondylodiscitis of
ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are related to mechanical stress or inflammation. We describe …

[HTML][HTML] Nye kriterier for revmatoid artritt

C Nikolaisen, E Besada, JC Nossent - Tidsskrift for Den norske …, 2012 - tidsskriftet.no
Bakgrunnen for de nye kriteriene for revmatoid artritt er et ønske om tidlig diagnose og
behandling for å unngå utvikling av varige skader. I kriteriene har man satt søkelyset på …

[CITATION][C] New criteria for rheumatoid arthritis

C Nikolaisen, E Besada… - Tidsskrift for den …, 2012 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cathrin Nikolaisencathrin.nikolaisen@unn.no …

[CITATION][C] DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST CITRULLINATED VIMENTIN IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

E Besada, C Nikolaisen… - …, 2010 - … AS KARL JOHANS GATE 5, NO …