Is undifferentiated seronegative spondyloarthropathy a forme fruste of reactive arthritis?
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Is undifferentiated seronegative spondyloarthropathy a forme fruste of reactive arthritis?
Undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy (USpa) may either represent a forme fruste of other spondyloarthropathies like reactive arthritis or be a different disease entity. To study the link between USpa and reactive arthritis, we studied the presence of IgA antibodies to Yersinia enterocolitica, Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella flexneri, Campylobacter jejuni and Chlamydia trachomatis in sera from ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1462-0324,1462-0332
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/36.9.1001