Arteriosclerosis caused by infection? Possible link between C. pneumoniae and atherosclerosis;Infektion orsakar åderförkalkning? Möjligt samband mellan Chlamydia pneumoniae och ateroskleros

Lakartidningen

Volumn , Issue 20, 1998, Pages 2334-2340

  Persson, Kenneth ^a,c   Boman, Jens ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VASCULITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032513618     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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