Potential triggering infections of reactive arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 459-462

  Butrimiene, I ^a,c   Ranceva, J ^a   Griskevicius, A ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Lithuanian AIDS Centre   (Lithuania)

^c NONE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; UTERINE CERVICITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33947595888     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740600906750     Document Type: Article

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