In vitro infection of smooth muscle cells by Chlamydia pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 503-506

  Knoebel, Erin ^a,b   Vijayagopal, Parakat ^a   Figueroa II, Julio E ^a   Martin, David H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CATTLE; CELL INCLUSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0031037908     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.2.503-506.1997     Document Type: Article

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