Chlamydia pneumoniae in vascular tissues from heart-transplant donors

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9111, 1998, Pages 1255-

  Taylor Robinson, David ^a,b   Ong, Gloria ^b   Thomas, Brenda J ^b   Rose, Marlene L ^b   Yacoub, Magdi H ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR TISSUE;

EID: 0032565427     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79322-3     Document Type: Article

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