Chlamydia pneumoniae and cytomegalovirus seropositivity, inflammatory markers, and the risk of myocardial infarction at a young age

American Heart Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 633-640

  Gattone, Marinella ^a   Iacoviello, Licia ^b   Colombo, Marilena ^a   Di Castelnuovo, Augusto ^b   Soffiantino, Francesco ^a   Gramoni, Anna ^a   Picco, Daniele ^a   Benedetta, Maria ^b   Giannuzzi, Pantaleo ^a  

^a Medical Center of Rehabilitation   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0034802648     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.118118     Document Type: Article

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