Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with ornidazole. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
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- 25 January 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 45 (5) , 636-637
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kel020
Abstract
Sir, In many previous studies, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been found at high frequencies in individuals with periodontitis, and RA resembles periodontitis in many pathological aspects [1, 2]. HLA-DR4 tissue antigens are found at high frequencies both in patients with periodontitis and in those with RA. HLA-DR4 tissue antigens and their subtypes are directly associated with each disease [3, 4].Keywords
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