Failure to detect Chlamydia pneumoniae in brain sections of Alzheimer's disease patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 881-882

  Gieffers, Jens ^a   Reusche, Erich ^a   Solbach, Werner ^a   Maass, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBEDDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE SECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0033981039     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.881-882.2000     Document Type: Article

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