Persistent synovitis in two children with Lyme arthritis linked with HLA-DRB1*1104.

Eur J Pediatr

Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Unit, Academisch Ziekenhuis -Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.

Published: June 2006

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