Porphyromonas gingivalis, periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 457-458

  Rosenstein, Elliot D ^a   Weissmann, Gerald ^b   Greenwald, Robert A ^c  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ARGININE DEIMINASE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 67649623177     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.04.008     Document Type: Letter

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