Publications by authors named "Tania Vargas"
Article Synopsis
- - The study examined the role of anti-carbamylated protein (anti-CarP) antibodies as potential biomarkers in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), focusing on their impact on disease activity and joint damage in seronegative RA (SNRA) patients.
- - Results showed that 28% of seropositive RA (SPRA) patients and only 10% of SNRA patients were positive for anti-CarP antibodies, with the anti-CarP-positive group exhibiting higher levels of C-reactive protein and disease activity scores compared to those negative for the antibodies.
- - While anti-CarP antibodies were linked to increased disease activity, they did not show a significant correlation with erosive joint damage, as assessed by musculoskeletal ultrasound,
Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease whose clinical phenotype largely depends on the presence of rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA). Seronegative RA appears to be a less severe disease, but this remains controversial. This study aimed to assess whether seronegative patients show a less severe disease than seropositive patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: HPV test implementation as a primary screening tool has the potential to decrease cervical cancer incidence as shown by several studies around the world. However, in many low-resource settings, the HPV test introduction has been backed down mainly due to its price. In this study, we present a novel low-cost strategy involving simple devices and techniques for high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) detection.
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