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Positive arthritis-joint inflammation condition but negative rheumatoid factor in blood panel. what is the reason?
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Many possibilities: Even in rheumatoid arthritis, 25% of people never make rheumatoid factor. A host of joint diseases, including most juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, gout, infectious arthritis, parvo b19, chikungunya, lyme disease, hemochromatosis, alkaptonuria, reactive arthritis and psoriatic arthritis usually have no rheumatoid factor.
Answered 12/28/2013
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