Lack of detection of human retrovirus-5 proviral DNA in synovial tissue and blood specimens from individuals with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-125

  Piper, Kerryl E ^a   Hanssen, Arlen D ^a   Lewallen, David G ^a   Matteson, Eric L ^a   Osmon, Douglas R ^a   Duffy, Mary C ^a   Hagan, Rochelle A ^a   Steckelberg, James M ^a   Patel, Robin ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Human retrovirus 5; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVIRUSES; RABBITS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 32544440617     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21690     Document Type: Article

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