Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and accelerated development of coronary artery disease in patients with chronic renal failure

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 346-352

  Song, H ^a   Tasaki, H ^a   Yashiro, A ^a   Okazaki, M ^a   Ioka, T ^a   Taniguchi, H ^a   Nakashima, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Chronic renal failure; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0034764596     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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