Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in urine of male patients with ankylosing spondylitis is not increased

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 300-302

  Van Der Paardt, M ^a,b   Van Denderen, J C ^a   Van Den Brule, A J C ^b   Morre S A ^b   Van Der Horst Bruinsma, I E ^b   Bezemer, P D ^b   Dijkmans, B A C ^a,b  

^a JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIURIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0034124661     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.59.4.300     Document Type: Article

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