Rubella virus and chronic joint disease: Is there an association?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3524-3526

  Bosma, Trent J ^a,c   Etherington, John ^a   O'Shea, Siobhan ^a   Corbett, Karen ^a   Cottam, Fiona ^a   Holt, Lennox ^b   Banatvala, J E ^a   Best, Jennifer M ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATION; JOINT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA VIRUS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; VIRUS ISOLATION;

MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; RNA VIRUSES; RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 0031753270     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.12.3524-3526.1998     Document Type: Article

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