Acanthamoeba polyphaga in rheumatoid arthritis: Possibility for a chronic infection

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 610-614

  Jeansson, S ^a   Kvien, T K ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034978476     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2001.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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