Evidence for infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae in a subgroup of patients with multiple sclerosis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 652-655

  Layh Schmitt, Gerlinde ^a   Bendl, Claudia ^a   Hildt, Ulrike ^a   Dong Si, Tuan ^a   Jüttler, Eric ^a   Schnitzler, Paul ^a   Grond Ginsbach, Caspar ^a   Grau, Armin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034059616     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200005)47:5<652::AID-ANA15>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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