Should infection still be considered as the most likely triggering factor for rheumatoid arthritis?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-429

  Carty, Sara M ^a   Snowden, Neil ^b   Silman, Alan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOPLASMA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARVOVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0037333888     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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