Detection of viral ribonucleic acid and histologic analysis of inflamed synovium in Ross River virus infection

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 365-369

  Soden, Muriel ^a   Vasudevan, Helen ^a   Roberts, Brenda ^a   Coelen, Robert ^a   Hamlin, Gary ^a   Vasudevan, Subash ^a   La Brooy, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SYNOVITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; CD4-CD8 RATIO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034084175     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200002)43:2<365::AID-ANR16>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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