Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae by colorimetric in situ hybridization

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Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 451-454

  Alakärppä, Hannu ^b   Surcel, Heljä Marja ^b   Laitinen, Kirsi ^b   Juvonen, Tatu ^b   Saikku, Pekka ^b   Laurila, Aino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysms; C. pneumoniae; Digoxigenin; In situ hybridization; Mouse model

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032894688     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01580.x     Document Type: Article

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