Low frequency of recent parvovirus infection in a population-based cohort of patients with early inflammatory polyarthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 375-377

  Harrison, Beverley ^a   Silman, Alan ^a   Barrett, Elizabeth ^b   Symmons, Deborah ^a  

^a ARC Epidemiology Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARVOVIRUS; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031869885     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.6.375     Document Type: Article

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