Endovascular presence of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA is a generalized phenomenon in atherosclerotic vascular disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 140, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Maass, M ^a   Bartels, C ^a   Kruger S ^a   Krause, E ^a   Engel, P M ^a   Dalhoff, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia infections; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Coronary arteriosclerosis; Coronary atherectomy; Coronary disease Endarterectomy; Myocardial infarction; Polymerase chain reaction; Serology

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031760573     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(98)00117-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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