Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in the arterial wall of patients with peripheral vascular disease

Infection

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 196-200

  Gutierrez J ^a   Linares Palomino, J ^a   Lopez Espada, C ^a   Rodriguez M ^b   Ros, E ^a   Piedrola G ^a   Del C Maroto, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; DNA; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034892387     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-001-1180-0     Document Type: Article

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