Antibodies to Klebsiella, Proteus, and HLA-B27 peptides in Japanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-114

  Tani, Yoshitaka ^a   Tiwana, Harmale ^b   Hukuda, Sinsuke ^a   Nishioka, Junichi ^a   Fielder, Mark ^b   Wilson, Clyde ^b   Bansal, Sukhvinder ^b   Ebringer, Alan ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ankylosing spondylitis; antibody; HLA B27; Klebsiella; Proteus; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JAPAN; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEUS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0031038287     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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