Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and diversity"

Abstract Number: 493 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Diversity Analysis of Intestinal Flora in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Xu-fang Yin ¹, Sheng-xiao Zhang¹, Ming-xing Zhang ², Min-jing Chang ¹, Xiao-juan Mao ², Jia Wang ², Jia-qian Zhang ², Meng-ting Qiu ², Chong Gao ³ and Xiao-feng Li ², ¹The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China (People's Republic), ²The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China (People's Republic), ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the synovial joints. The gut microbe with RA has been reported recently,…