Association of Helicobacter pylori and Chlamydia pneumoniae infections with coronary heart disease and cardiovascular risk factors

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 7007, 1995, Pages 711-

  Patel, P ^a   Mendall, M A ^a   Carrington, D ^a   Strachan, D P ^a   Leatham, E ^a   Molineaux, N ^a   Levy, J ^a   Blakeston, C ^a   Seymour, C A ^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

ANTIBODY; FIBRINOGEN; MALONALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENERAL PRACTICE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEART INFARCTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOGEN; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028978715     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7007.711     Document Type: Article

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