Antibody response to the 60-kDa heat-shock protein of Chlamydia pneumoniae in patients with coronary artery disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1700-1705

  Jantos, Christian A ^a,c   Krombach, Cathrin ^a   Wuppermann, Frederik N ^a   Gardemann, Andreas ^a   Bepler, Sven ^a   Asslan, Haydar ^a   Hegemann, Johannes H ^b   Haberbosch, Werner ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034129565     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315442     Document Type: Article

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