Rheumatoid Arthritis and Proteus

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Proteus explores the idea that Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by a urinary tract infection as a result of Proteus bacteria. Rheumatoid arthritis is a severe, painful and crippling disease affecting millions of people throughout the world, especially women. Genetic studies ov...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ebringer, Alan (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Temas:
Rheumatology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Scope and Distribution of the RA Problem
  • History of the Attempts to Find the Cause of RA
  • HLA-DR1/4 and Antibodies to Proteus in London
  • Antibodies to Proteus in Irish patients with rheumatoid arthritis
  • Antibodies to Proteus in rheumatoid arthritis patients from Bermuda and from Hertfordshire in England
  • Antibodies to Proteus in rheumatoid arthritis patients from Brest and Toulouse in France
  • Dutch patients with rheumatoid arthritis have antibodies to Proteus
  • Anti-Proteus antibodies in Norwegian rheumatoid arthritis patients following a lactovegetarian diet
  • Antibodies to Proteus in rheumatoid arthritis patients from Norway, Spain and England
  • Antibodies to Proteus in rheumatoid arthritis  patients from southern Japan
  • Urine Cultures and Correlation
  • Molecular similarity between the "shared epitope" of rheumatoid arthritis and bacteria
  • The "shared epitope", Proteus haemolysin, XI collagen and rheumatoid arthritis
  • Gram-negative bacteria possess sequences which resemble the "shared epitope"but only Proteus infect rheumatoid arthritis patients
  • Immune responses to Proteus in rheumatoid arthritis patients from Finland and Japan
  • Molecular similarity between the rheumatoid arthritis associated motif EQKRAA and structurally related sequences of  Proteus
  • Rheumatoid arthritis sera are cytotoxic to cells bearing HLA and collagen susceptibility sequences
  • The scientific method of Sir Karl Popper. Rheumatoid arthritis and "Popper sequences".

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