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Bacterial components in the synovial tis

Bacterial components in the synovial tissue of patients with advanced rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis: Analysis with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and pan-bacterial polymerase chain reaction

✍ Chen, Tong ;Rimpiläinen, Marja ;Luukkainen, Reijo ;Möttönen, Timö ;Yli-Jama, Tuo 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 178 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Objective To study the presence of bacterial components in the synovial tissue (ST) of patients with advanced rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ## Methods ST was collected during joint surgery from 41 RA patients. Tissue from 39 patients with osteoarthritis (OA), 4 patients with undiffer