Chlamydia pneumoniae infection induces inflammatory changes in the aortas of rabbits

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4832-4835

  Laitinen, Kirsi ^a   Laurila, Aino ^a   Pyhälä, Liisa ^a   Leinonen, Maija ^a   Saikku, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART INFARCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030732563     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.11.4832-4835.1997     Document Type: Article

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