Comparison of synovial tissue and synovial fluid as the source of nucleic acids for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by polymerase chain reaction

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1740-1746

  Branigan, Patrick J ^a   Gérard, Hervé C ^b   Hudson, Alan P ^b   Schumacher Jr , H Ralph ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0029740960     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780391018     Document Type: Article

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