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Alf Kastbom

Senior Associate Professor

My research group works to detect rheumatoid arthritis before the disease has broken out and to understand the mechanisms behind it. This would open up the possibility of being able to prevent the disease in the future.

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Publications

2025

Ingrid Thyberg, Magnus Husberg, Alf Kastbom (2025) Physical and mental disability is evident 8 years after diagnosis in early rheumatoid arthritis despite contemporary medication and non-pharmacological interventions Clinical Rheumatology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Klara Martinsson, Linda Johansson, Alf Kastbom, Solbritt Rantapaa-Dahlqvist (2025) Circulating secretory component-containing anti-citrullinated protein antibodies prior to symptom onset in rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Anna Eberhard, Daniela Di Giuseppe, Johan Askling, Stefan Bergman, Hannah Bower, Katerina Chatzidionysiou, Helena Forsblad-d'Elia, Alf Kastbom, Tor Olofsson, Thomas Frisell, Carl Turesson (2025) Effectiveness of JAK Inhibitors Compared With Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs on Pain Reduction in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From a Nationwide Swedish Cohort Study Arthritis & Rheumatology, Vol. 77, p. 253-262 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Veerle F. A. M. Derksen, Klara Martinsson, Anouk G. van Mourik, Carlijn A. Wagenaar, Rene E. M. Toes, Wendy Walrabenstein, Daniel Sjoberg, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Tom W. J. Huizinga, Alf Kastbom, Anna Svärd, Diane van der Woude (2024) Evidence of Site-Specific Mucosal Autoantibody Secretion in Rheumatoid Arthritis Arthritis & Rheumatology (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Rama Andraos, Awais Ahmad, Lina Wirestam, Charlotte Dahle, Martina Frodlund, Johan Ronnelid, Alf Kastbom, Christopher Sjöwall (2024) Screening for autoimmune diseases in apparently healthy antinuclear antibody positive individuals Frontiers in Medicine, Vol. 11, Article 1455673 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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