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Antigens, the gastrointestinal tract, and arthritis
1Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
There are a variety of forms of arthritis that appear causally related to a primary process in the gastrointestinal tract. Resolving the normal immune response to gut-acquired antigens of microbial and dietary origin can guide our understanding of the protean manifestations of the interface of arthritis and enteritis.