Different humoral immune response to Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein variable domains I and IV in Chlamydia-infected patients with or without reactive arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 942-947

  Bas, Sylvette ^a   Scieux, Catherine ^b   Vischer, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 0032962066     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199905)42:5<942::AID-ANR12>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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