Low prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherectomy specimens from patients with coronary heart disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 988-992

  Jantos, Christian A ^a,b   Nesseler, Anne ^a   Waas, Wolfgang ^a   Baumgärtner, Wolfgang ^a   Tillmanns, Harald ^a   Haberbosch, Werner ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032938628     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514763     Document Type: Article

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