Chlamydia trachomatis nucleic acids can be found in the synovium of some asymptomatic subjects

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1281-1284

  Schumacher Jr , H Ralph ^a   Arayssi, Thurayya ^b   Crane, Marianna ^b   Lee, Jennifer ^b   Gerard, Herve ^a   Hudson, Alan P ^a   Klippel, John ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0344483894     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199906)42:6<1281::AID-ANR27>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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