Systematic review and meta-analysis of the sero-epidemiological association between Epstein-Barr virus and rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ball, Robert J ^a   Avenell, Alison ^a   Aucott, Lorna ^b   Hanlon, Peter ^a   Vickers, Mark A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Regional Transfusion Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIBODY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWCASTLE OTTAWA SCALE; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ODDS RATIO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84942522046     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-015-0755-6     Document Type: Article

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