High incidence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in sclerotic heart valves of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 361-365

  Nyström Rosander, Christina ^a   Thelin, Stefan ^a   Hjelm, Eva ^a   Lindquist, Olle ^b   Påhlson, Carl ^a   Friman, Göran ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0030666402     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709011831     Document Type: Article

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