Low avidity observed for anti-citrullinated peptide antibody is not a general phenomenon for autoantibodies

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Clinical Immunology, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Fukuoka, Japan hisakata@ortho.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
• ² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
• ³ Kondo Clinic for Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Fukuoka, Japan.
• ⁴ PS Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Medical Education, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.