Enterobacterial antibodies in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-164

  Chou, C T ^a   Uksila, J ^b   Toivanen, P ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Bacterial antibodies; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INTESTINES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0031776791     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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