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
Outcome of patients with arthritis and parvovirus B19 DNA in synovial membranes
✍ Scribed by Simone Schmid; Walter Bossart; Beat A. Michel; Pius Brühlmann
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 259 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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