Demonstration of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Atherosclerotic Lesions of Coronary Arteries

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 841-849

  Kuo, Cho chou ^a,b   Shor, Allan ^a,b   Campbell, Lee Ann ^a,b   Fukushi, Hideto ^a,b,c   Patton, Dorothy L ^a,b   Grayston, J Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSOME; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027406611     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/167.4.841     Document Type: Article

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