Association of serum antibodies to heat-shock protein 65 with carotid atherosclerosis: Clinical significance determined in a follow-up study

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1169-1174

  Xu, Qingbo ^a   Kiechl, Stefan ^b   Mayr, Manuel ^a   Metzler, Bernhard ^b   Egger, Georg ^c   Oberhollenzer, Friedrich ^c   Willeit, Johann ^b   Wick, Georg ^a,b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antibodies; Atherosclerosis; Follow up studies; Immunology

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033554448     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.11.1169     Document Type: Article

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