Chlamydial nucleic acids in synovium in osteoarthritis: What are the implications?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1874-1880

  Olmez, N ^a   Wang, G F ^a   Li, Y ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Schumacher, H R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Chlamydia trachomatis; Osteoarthritis; Polymerase chain reaction; Reactive arthritis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0034907824     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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