Influence of previous exposure to human parvovirus B19 infection in explaining susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis: an analysis of disease discordant twin pairs.

OBJECTIVES--To assess the association between exposure to parvovirus B19 and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS--One hundred and fifty five twin pairs (76 monozygotic (MZ) and 79 dizygotic (DZ)), discordant for RA, were tested for the presence of IgG antiparvovirus antibodies using...

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Main Authors: Hajeer, A H, MacGregor, A J, Rigby, A S, Ollier, W E, Carthy, D, Silman, A J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1005267/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8129459
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