Chlamydia pneumoniae and myocarditis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 104, 1997, Pages 50-52

  Gnarpe, Håkan ^a   Gnarpe, Judy ^a   Gästrin, Bengt ^b   Hallander, Hans ^b  

^a GÄVLE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b National Bacteriological Laboratory   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD DONOR; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 0030611324     PISSN: 03008878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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