Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic and nonatherosclerotic tissue

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 6 SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages

  Ouchi, Kazunobu ^a,c   Fujii, Banyo ^a   Kudo, Sachiko ^b   Shirai, Mutsunori ^c   Yamashita, Katsuhiro ^c   Gondo, Toshikazu ^c   Ishihara, Tokuhiro ^c   Ito, Haruhide ^c   Nakazawa, Teruko ^c  

^a Saiseikai Shimonoseki Gen Hospital   (Japan)

^b Public Health Laboratory of Chiba Prefecture   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0034047044     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315617     Document Type: Conference Paper

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