Further evidence against the implication of active cytomegalovirus infection in vascular atherosclerotic diseases

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 457-462

  Borgia, M C ^a   Mandolini, C ^a   Barresi, C ^a   Battisti, G ^a   Carletti, F ^b   Capobianchi, M R ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti cytomegalovirus antibodies; Cardiovascular diseases; Cytomegalovirus; Interleukin 8

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 8; NITRATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034906838     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(00)00744-9     Document Type: Article

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