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Epstein-Barr virus load in the peripheral blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Accurate quantification using real-time polymerase chain reaction

  1. Nathalie Balandraud1,
  2. Jean Baptiste Meynard2,
  3. Isabelle Auger3,
  4. Helene Sovran3,
  5. Benedicte Mugnier1,
  6. Denis Reviron4,
  7. Jean Roudier1,*,
  8. Chantal Roudier1

Article first published online: 6 MAY 2003

DOI: 10.1002/art.10933

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Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volume 48, Issue 5, pages 1223–1228, May 2003

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Balandraud, N., Meynard, J. B., Auger, I., Sovran, H., Mugnier, B., Reviron, D., Roudier, J. and Roudier, C. (2003), Epstein-Barr virus load in the peripheral blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Accurate quantification using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 48: 1223–1228. doi: 10.1002/art.10933

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  1. 1

    INSERM EMI9940, and Hôpital La Conception, Marseilles, France

  2. 2

    Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées, Marseilles, France

  3. 3

    INSERM EMI9940, Marseilles, France

  4. 4

    INSERM EMI9940, and Immunogénétique, EFS Alpes-Méditerranée, Marseilles, France

*INSERM EMI9940, Faculté de médecine, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, Marseilles 13005, France

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 MAY 2003
  2. Article first published online: 6 MAY 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 14 JAN 2003
  4. Manuscript Received: 24 SEP 2002

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  • INSERM
  • Société Française de Rhumatologie
  • Association pour la Recherche sur la Polyarthrite

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