Chlamydiae as etiologic agents in chronic undifferentiated spondylarthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1311-1316

  Carter, John D ^a   Gérard, Hervé C ^b   Espinoza, Luis R ^c   Ricca, Louis R ^a   Valeriano, Joanne ^a   Snelgrove, Jessica ^b   Oszust, Cynthia ^b   Vasey, Frank B ^a   Hudson, Alan P ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT BIOPSY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM; UNDIFFERENTIATED SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 66049144016     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24431     Document Type: Article

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