Chlamydia pneumoniae strain TWAR antibody and angiographically demonstrated coronary artery disease

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 547-551

  Thom, David H ^a   Wang, San Pin ^a   Grayston, J Thomas ^a   Siscovick, David S ^a   Stewart, Doug K ^a   Kronmal, Richard A ^a   Weiss, Noel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody titers; Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Coronary artery disease; Infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025817466     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.11.3.547     Document Type: Article

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