Prevalence of TTV DNA and GBV-C RNA in patients with systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis does not differ from that in healthy blood donors.

Seemayer, C A; Viazov, S; Neidhart, M; Brühlmann, P; Michel, B A; Gay, R E; Roggendorf, M; Gay, S

Seemayer, C A; Viazov, S; Neidhart, M; Brühlmann, P; Michel, B A; Gay, R E; Roggendorf, M; Gay, S.

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Seemayer CA; Centre of Experimental Rheumatology and WHO Collaborating Centre for Molecular Biology and Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland. Christian.Seemayer@ruz.usz.ch

Ann Rheum Dis ; 60(8): 806-9, 2001 Aug.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11454648

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Arthritis/virology; DNA, Viral/blood; Flaviviridae/genetics; RNA, Viral/blood; Scleroderma, Systemic/virology; Torque teno virus/genetics; Adult; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/virology; Autoantibodies/blood; Blood Donors; Case-Control Studies; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis/virology; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Statistics, Nonparametric

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Arthritis / Scleroderma, Systemic / DNA, Viral / RNA, Viral / Flaviviridae / Torque teno virus Type of study: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Ann Rheum Dis Year: 2001 Document type: Article

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