Patients who develop inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) after immunization are clinically indistinguishable from other patients with IP

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 366-369

  Harrison, B J ^a   Thomson, W ^a   Pepper, L ^a   Ollier, W E R ^a   Chakravarty, K ^b   Barrett, E M ^c   Silman, A J ^a   Symmons, D P M ^a  

^a ARC Epidemiology Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b OLDCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Immunization

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030805538     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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