title: Rheumatology.
abstract: In some populations, the presence and the dose of the "rheumatoid" epitope have been associated with severe rheumatoid arthritis. Newer treatments include oral antibiotics, oral type II collagen, and a number of biological products. Identification of a mutation in the type II procollagen genes is evidence that some clinical osteoarthritis is genetically related.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Alarcón
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Straaton
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States