Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in atheromatous tissues by polymerase chain reaction

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 153-156

  Nadrchal, Reinhard ^a   Makristathis, Athanasios ^a   Apfalter, Petra ^a   Rotter, Manfred ^a   Trubel, Wolfgang ^a   Huk, Ihor ^a   Polterauer, Peter ^a   Hirschl, Alexander M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

16s rRNA; Aortic aneurysm; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATHEROMATOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TITRIMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033605339     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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