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Available online /supplements/5/S1 Meeting abstracts 23rd European Workshop for Rheumatology Research Marseille, France 27 February – 2 March 2003 Received: 14 January 2003 Published: 24 February 2003 ? 2003 BioMed Central Ltd (Print ISSN 1478-6354; Online ISSN 1478-6362) Autoantibodies and antigens 2 Investigation of the reactivity patterns of antifilaggrin antibodies in sera and synovial fluids from patients with rheumatoid arthritis using citrullinated synthetic peptides 1 Rheumatoid arthritis — class prediction by autoreactivity profiles R Bergholz1, F Schumann1, S Behrens1, U Ungeth