Effects of interleukin-1 gene polymorphisms on the development of coronary artery disease associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae infection

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 712-717

  Momiyama, Yukihiko ^a   Hirano, Reiko ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroaki ^a   Nakamura, Haruo ^b   Ohsuzu, Fumitaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Mitsukoshi Health and Welfare Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

AGED; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1;

EID: 0034853290     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01438-3     Document Type: Article

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