Association between infection with Helicobacter pylori and Chlamydia pneumoniae and risk of ischemic stroke subtypes: Results from a population-based case-control study

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2253-2258

  Heuschmann, Peter U ^a,e   Neureiter, Daniel ^b   Gesslein, Markus ^a   Craiovan, Benjamin ^a   Maass, Matthias ^d   Faller, Gerhard ^b   Beck, Georg ^c   Neundoerfer, Bernhard ^a   Kolominsky Rabas, Peter L ^a  

^a Unit for Stroke Research and Public Health Medicine   (Germany)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^e Unit for Public Health Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Helicobacter pylori; Seroepidemiologic studies; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034791748     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hs1001.097096     Document Type: Article

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