Chlamydia pneumoniae in coronary and iliac arteries of Japanese patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 907-913

  Ouchi, Kazunobu ^a   Fujii, Banyo ^a   Kanamoto, Yasuo ^b   Karita, Mikio ^c   Shirai, Mutsunori ^c   Nakazawa, Teruko ^c  

^a Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima Chuo Women's Jr College   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS;

EID: 0031788350     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-10-907     Document Type: Article

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