Past infection by Chlamydia pneumoniae strain TWAR and asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 499-504

  Melnick, Sandra L ^a   Shahar, Eyal ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Grayston, J Thomas ^b   Sorlie, Paul D ^c   Wang, San Pin ^b   Szklo, Moyses ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027443316     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(93)90332-J     Document Type: Article

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