Prevalence of Chlamydia antibodies in patients with coronary heart disease;Pravalenz von Chlamydien-Antikorpern bei Patienten mit koronarer Herzerkrankung

Herz Kreislauf

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 304-307

  Diedrichs, H ^a   Schneider, C A ^b   Scharkus, S ^b   Pfistet, H ^a   Erdmann, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Virologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Coronary artery disease; ELISA

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0030796743     PISSN: 00467324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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