Detection of parvovirus B19 DNA by polymerase chain reaction in giant cell arteritis: A case-control study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3099-3101

  Salvarani, Carlo ^a   Farnetti, Enrico ^a   Casali, Bruno ^a   Nicoli, Davide ^a   Wenlan, Liu ^a   Bajocchi, Gianluigi ^a   Macchioni, Pierluigi ^a   Lo Scocco, Giovanni ^a   Catanoso, Maria Grazia ^a   Boiardi, Luigi ^a   Cantini, Fabrizio ^b  

^a Reggio Emilia Hospital   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Prato   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0036845098     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10580     Document Type: Article

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