Immune responses to Chlamydia antigens in atherosclerosis

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Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-78

  Gaston, John S H ^a,b   Curry, Allison J ^a   Portig, Irene ^a   Goodall, Jane C ^a   Kirkpatrick, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Pathogenesis; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0034104475     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001954     Document Type: Article

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