Can we treat coronary artery disease with antibiotics?

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9075, 1997, Pages 378-379

  Lip, G Y H ^a   Beevers, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; ROXITHROMYCIN;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030794550     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)22032-5     Document Type: Note

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