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Definition of Rheumatoid factor
1. Noun. Autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis.
Medical Definition of Rheumatoid factor
1. Complex of IgG and anti-igG formed in joints in rheumatoid arthritis. Serum rheumatoid factors are more usually formed from IgM antibodies directed against IgG. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rheumatoid Factor
Literary usage of Rheumatoid factor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Levels of anti- DNA antibodies were comparable in all mice, but IgG rheumatoid
factor production was markedly reduced in the (-/-) mice. ..."
2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"rheumatoid factor in serum of individuals exposed to asbestos. ... Circulating
rheumatoid factor and anti- nuclear antibodies in shipyard asbestos workers ..."
3. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"This theory is supported by the existence of an antibody called "the rheumatoid
factor," which is found in the blood of about 80 percent of patients who ..."
4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"itation of rheumatoid factor, 157, 75 Chromium sesquioxide and [MC]cellulose
passage rate in gastrointestinal tract (rats), ..."
5. Defense Vaccines: Force Protection Or False Security? edited by Dan Burton (2001)
"The authors showed that many of the people receiving the vaccines developed an
autoantibody called rheumatoid factor and were thus at increased risk for ..."
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