Helicobacter pylori: An underestimated factor in acute anterior uveitis and spondyloarthropathies?

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-13

  Otasevic, Ljiljana ^a,d   Zlatanovic, Gordana ^a   Stanojevic Paovic, Anka ^b   Miljkovic Selimovic, Biljana ^a   Dinic, Marina ^a   Djordjevic Jocic, Jasmina ^a   Stankovic, Aleksandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^c Institute for Prevention

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute anterior uveitis; Aetiology; Gram negative bacteria; Helicobacter pylori; Spondyloarthropathies

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA B60 ANTIGEN; HLA B7 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 33845881715     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096515     Document Type: Article

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