Recent clinical observations support the hypothesis that persistent parvovirus B19 is a triggering factor of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in certain genetically predisposed individuals. If this hypothesis is correct, a number of RA patients may exhibit parvovirus B19 DNA in their synovial membranes. We
Differentiation of B Cells in the Nonlymphoid Tissue of the Synovial Membrane of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
✍ Scribed by Anja E. Schröder, Axel Greiner, Christine Seyfert and Claudia Berek
- Book ID
- 123639413
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 339 KB
- Volume
- 93
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0027-8424
- DOI
- 10.2307/38342
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