Lack of association between seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae and carotid atherosclerosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 825-828

  Coles, Katie A ^a   Plant, Aileen J ^a   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b   Smith, David W ^a,b   McQuillan, Brendan M ^a,c   Thompson, Peter L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b W Australian Inst Pathol Med R   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032888053     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00445-2     Document Type: Article

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