Relationship of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection to severity of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with chronic coronary artery disease and with normal coronary arteries

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 293-299

  Imai, S ^a   Matsubara, T ^a   Hori, T ^a   Nakagawa, I ^a   Ozaki, K ^a   Hatada, K ^a   Mezaki, T ^a   Nasuno, A ^a   Kubota, K ^a   Tanaka, T ^a   Aizawa, Y ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Infectious disease (Chlamydia pneumoniae)

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034945333     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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