Detection of borrelian DNA in synovial fluid for diagnosis of Lyme arthritis;Nachweis von borrelien-DNA in der synovialflussigkeit zur diagnose der Lyme-arthritis

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 979-984

  Frossard, E ^a   Rutti, B ^b   Burgherr, J ^c   Godfroid, E ^d   Brossard, M ^b   Gerber, N J ^c  

^a Schüpfen ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease (diagnosis); Polymerase chain reaction; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0033519941     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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