Lack of evidence for an involvement of Epstein-Barr virus infection of synovial membranes in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 151-154

  Niedobitek, Gerald ^a   Lisner, Renate ^a   Swoboda, Bernd ^b   Rooney, Nick ^c   Fassbender, Hans Georg ^d   Kirchner, Thomas ^a   Aigner, Thomas ^a   Herbst, Hermann ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WHO Collaborating Ctr Devmt H   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD20; ANTIGENS, CD79; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0034082452     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200001)43:1<151::AID-ANR19>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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