Is there any relationship between Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection and juvenile idiopathic arthritis?

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 787-790

  Altun, Sibel ^a   Kasapcopur, Ozgur ^a   Aslan, Mustafa ^a   Karaarslan, Senay ^a   Koksal, Vedat ^a   Saribas, Suat ^a   Ergin, Sevgi ^a   Arisoy, Nil ^a   Kocazeybek, Bekir ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 4344616618     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45583-0     Document Type: Article

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