CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND REACTIVE ARTHRITIS: THE MISSING LINK

The Lancet

Volumn 329, Issue 8524, 1987, Pages 72-74

  Keat, Andrew ^a   Dixey, Josh ^a   Sonnex, Chris ^c   Thomas, Brenda ^b   Osborn, Mary ^b   Taylor Robinson, David ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MRC Clinical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; JOINT; JOINT BIOPSY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE;

EID: 0023124253     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(87)91910-6     Document Type: Article

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