Retroviruses and autoimmune rheumatic diseases

Retroviruses in rheumatic diseases

The aetiology of rheumatoid diseases is unclear but may be multifactorial, the result of complex interactions between environmental, neuroendocrinological, and genetic factors. Whilst several viruses (for example cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, rubella virus and parvovirus B19 are associated with self limiting arthritic episodes, retroviruses have been suggested as aetiological agents of r...

Retroviruses in rheumatic diseases

The aetiology of rheumatoid diseases is unclear but may be multifactorial, the result of complex interactions between environmental, neuroendocrinological, and genetic factors. Whilst several viruses (for example cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, rubella virus and parvovirus B19 are associated with self limiting arthritic episodes, retroviruses have been suggested as aetiological agents of r...

Retroviruses in rheumatic diseases

The aetiology of rheumatoid diseases is unclear but may be multifactorial, the result of complex interactions between environmental, neuroendocrinological, and genetic factors. Whilst several viruses (for example cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, rubella virus and parvovirus B19 are associated with self limiting arthritic episodes, retroviruses have been suggested as aetiological agents of r...

Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

1 Center for Autoimmune Diseases Research (CREA), Universidad del Rosario, Carrera 24 No. 63C-69, 111221 Bogota, Colombia 2 ZabludowitczCenter forAutoimmuneDiseases, ShebaMedical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Sackler Faculty ofMedicine, Tel AvivUniversity, 52621 Tel-Hashomer, Israel 3 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany 4...

Hypergammaglobulinaemia and autoimmune rheumatic diseases.