How does chlamydia cause arthritis?

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 613-629

  Kuipers, Jens G ^a   Zeidler, Henning ^a   Köhler, Lars ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTHRITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0042021587     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-857X(03)00027-9     Document Type: Review

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