Serologic and Molecular Diagnosis of Human Parvovirus B19 in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Solak, Ozlem; Altindis, Mustafa; Toktas, Hasan; Dundar, Umit; Koken, Resit; Turel, Aycan; Tunc, Nedim; Kavuncu, VURAL

Serologic and Molecular Diagnosis of Human Parvovirus B19 in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Solak O., Altindis M., Toktas H., Dundar U., Koken R., Turel A., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.24, no.1, pp.17-20, 2009 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 24 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2009
Title of Journal : TURKISH JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
Page Numbers: pp.17-20

Abstract

Objective: To investigate Human Parvovirus (HPV) B19 IgG and IgM antibody levels and B19 viral DNA using PCR method in the serum of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients to determine the role of B19 in the ethiopathogenesis of RA.