Association of Chlamydia pneumoniae (Strain TWAR) Infection With Wheezing, Asthmatic Bronchitis, and Adult-Onset Asthma

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 225-230

  Hahn, David L ^a,b   Dodge, Ruth W ^c   Golubjatnikov, Rjurik ^b,c  

^a Arcand Park Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025837626     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03470020051031     Document Type: Article

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