Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in aortic lesions of atherosclerosis by immunocytochemical stain

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1501-1504

  Kuo, Cho Chou ^a   Gown, Allen M ^a   Benditt, Earl P ^a   Thomas Grayston, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis of aorta; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGE; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027448539     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.13.10.1501     Document Type: Article

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