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Epstein-Barr virus infection and variants of Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen-1 in synovial tissues of rheumatoid arthritis

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study was to investigate Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection as an environmental factor for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Synovial tissues were collected during surgery from 128 RA and 98 osteoarthritis (OA) patients. DNA was extracted...

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Autores principales: Masuoka, Shotaro, Kusunoki, Natsuko, Takamatsu, Ryo, Takahashi, Hiroshi, Tsuchiya, Kazuaki, Kawai, Shinichi, Nanki, Toshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6289453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30533036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208957