Reactive arthritis: Update on aetiopathogenesis, current concepts and perspectives;Das konzept der reaktiven Arthritiden. Entstehung, aktueller stand und perspektiven

Aktuelle Rheumatologie

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 151-161

  Kuipers, J G ^a   Zeidler, H ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM;

EID: 0030885297     PISSN: 0341051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1043649     Document Type: Article

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