Mycoplasma fermentans in rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthritides

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2747-2753

  Horowitz, S ^a   Evinson, B ^a   Borer, A ^a   Horowitz, J ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma Fermentans; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0033669407     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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