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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an effective inspecting method for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease by elucidating a simple and highly reproducible disease marker, and moreover to provide a simple and highly reproducible kit for inspection on RA disease, in regard to an inspecting method for RA disease. Ž<P>SOLUTION: This method is conducted by measuring the IL-17F quantity in the blood of an examinee with IL-17F in the collected blood as a marker for diagnosing RA disease and determining therapeutic effects. In the concrete, the IL-17F quantity is measured with an immunological means. A kit for inspecting RA disease contains at least a solid phase carrier where anti-IL-17F antibody is stuck. Ž<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT Ž
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