Association of seropositivity for Chlamydia pneumoniae and coronary artery disease in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9172, 1999, Pages 46-47

  Kontula, Kimmo ^a   Vuorio, Alpo ^a   Turtola, Hannu ^b   Saikku, Pekka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033519925     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01691-8     Document Type: Article

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