Failure to demonstrate chlamydia pneumoniae in symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms by a nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-164

  Lindholt, J S ^a   Ostergard, L ^a   Henneberg, E W ^a   Fasting, H ^a   Andersen, P ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Natural history; Pathogenesis; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031938293     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-5884(98)80138-X     Document Type: Article

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