Demonstration of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic arteries from various vascular regions

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-79

  Rassu, M ^a   Cazzavillan, S ^a   Scagnelli, M ^a   Peron, A ^a   Bevilacqua, P A ^a   Facco, M ^b   Bertoloni, G ^b   Lauro, F M ^b   Zambello, R ^a   Bonoldi, E ^a  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic arteries; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Helicobacter pylori; Immunohistochemistry; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BASILAR ARTERY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY VESSELS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENAL ARTERY;

EID: 0034904646     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(01)00411-7     Document Type: Article

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