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Classification of non-bacterial osteitis: retrospective study of clinical, immunological and genetic aspects in 89 patients.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jan 2007
Jansson A, Renner E D, Ramser J, Mayer A, Haban M, Meindl A, Grote V, Diebold J, Jansson V, Schneider K, Belohradsky B H
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OBJECTIVE: To define non-bacterial osteitis (NBO) as a clinical entity possibly associated with autoimmune manifestations. Patients with sterile osteitis were analysed to develop diagnostic criteria. METHODS: A total of 89 patients with non-bacterial inflammatory bone lesions were observed for a median of 49 months. History, diagnostic imaging, laboratory and histological data were obtained. Mutation analysis in...
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