Chlamydia pneumoniae: Risk factors for seropositivity and association with coronary heart disease

Journal of Infection

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 121-128

  Mendall, M A ^a   Carrington, D ^a   Strachan, D ^a   Patel, P ^a   Molineaux, N ^a   Levi, J ^a   Toosey, T ^a   Camm, A J ^a   Northfield, T C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATHOGENESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0028956748     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(95)80006-9     Document Type: Article

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