16-year remission of rheumatoid arthritis after unusually vigorous treatment of closed dental foci

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 555-557

  Breebaart, Adrian C ^a   Bijlsma, J W J ^a   van Eden, W ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Endodontics; Focal infection; Microbiology; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tooth

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; BLOOD; ENDODONTICS; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE REPORT; ENDODONTICS; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMAN; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; HUMANS;

EID: 0035988637     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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