The main objective of this study is to compare the intestinal microbiota in newly diagnosed patients with homozygous DR4 rheumatoid arthritis (RA)with that from DR4 homozygous individuals without RA.
The first analysis will compare the proportion of filamentous bacteria in the intestinal microbiota between the two groups.
Read more: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01961310?cond=%22Arthritis%22&lup_s=01/29/2014&lup_d=30