Strong correlation between Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and Chlamydia pneumoniae IgG concentrations

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 821-822

  Danesh, John ^a,d   Wong, Yuk Ki ^b   Ward, Michael ^b   Hawtin, Peter ^c   Murphy, Mike ^a   Muir, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^d RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SERODIAGNOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031756153     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.12.821     Document Type: Article

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