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Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology Volume 50, 2021 - Issue 3
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Brief Report

Detection of human cytomegalovirus in synovial neutrophils obtained from patients with rheumatoid arthritis

X Xu1 Department of Medicine, Solna, Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, BioClinicum, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;2 Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;3 Division of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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A Estekizadeh4 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Virology Division, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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B Davoudi1 Department of Medicine, Solna, Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, BioClinicum, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;3 Division of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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S Varani5 Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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V Malmström6 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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A Rahbar1 Department of Medicine, Solna, Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, BioClinicum, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;3 Division of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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C Söderberg-Nauclér1 Department of Medicine, Solna, Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, BioClinicum, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;3 Division of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Pages 183-188 | Accepted 14 Sep 2020, Published online: 27 Nov 2020

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