Serum Immunoglobulin G Levels to Porphyromonas gingivalis Peptidylarginine Deiminase Affect Clinical Response to Biological Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug in Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Tetsuo Kobayashi ,

  * E-mail: kotetsuo@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations General Dentistry and Clinical Education Unit, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan, Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

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• Satoshi Ito,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Niigata Rheumatic Center, Shibata, Japan

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• Daisuke Kobayashi,

  Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Niigata Rheumatic Center, Shibata, Japan, Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Homeostatic Regulation Developments, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

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• Atsushi Shimada,

  Affiliation Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

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• Ichiei Narita,

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Homeostatic Regulation Developments, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

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• Akira Murasawa,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Niigata Rheumatic Center, Shibata, Japan

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• Kiyoshi Nakazono,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Niigata Rheumatic Center, Shibata, Japan

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• Hiromasa Yoshie

  Affiliation Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

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