Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis and COPD

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 969-971

  Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Niki, Yoshihito ^a   Nakajima, Masamitsu ^a   Kawane, Hiroshi ^a   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; COPD; Diffuse panbronchiolitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0031732416     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.4.969     Document Type: Article

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