Demonstration of viable Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic plaques of carotid arteries by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-425

  Esposito, Gloria ^a   Blasi, Francesco ^b   Allegra, Luigi ^b   Chiesa, Roberto ^a   Melissano, Germano ^a   Cosentini, Roberto ^b   Tarsia, Paolo ^b   Dordoni, Laura ^a   Cantoni, Chiara ^b   Arosio, Cristina ^b   Fagetti, Laura ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032775443     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900277     Document Type: Article

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