Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA is not detectable within sarcoidosis tissue

Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-298

  Mills, Graham D ^a,b,c   Allen, Roger K A ^a   Timms, Peter ^b  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Etiology; PCR; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0031655453     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029800169476     Document Type: Article

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