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Bacterial DNA in synovial fluid cells of patients with juvenile onset spondyloarthropathies
1 Aug 2001
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify bacterial DNA in synovial fluid cells of patients with active juvenile onset spondyloarthropathy (SpA). METHODS: The main group of study constituted 22 patients with juvenile onset SpA. In addition, five patients with adult onset SpA and nine with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were studied. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with either genus- or species-specific primers was performed on synovial...
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