Endogenous retrovirus Erv-3 is not implicated in rheumatoid arthritis but may provide a biomarker for osteoarthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 473-

  Nelson, Paul ^a   Davari Ejtehadi, Hora ^b   Nevill, Alan ^c   Bowman, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTIDINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLICON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME 7; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MAPPING; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; OPEN READING FRAME; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 76649118419     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090735     Document Type: Letter

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