The role of infectious agents in pulmonary and systemic vascular disease

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1093-1097

  Egermayer, P ^a  

^a Canterbury Resp Research Group   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia; Granuloma; Helicobacter; Interferon ; Macrophage; Mycobacteria; Sarcoma; Tumour necrosis factor; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DAPSONE; ETANERCEPT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INFLIXIMAB; NITRIC OXIDE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROSTACYCLIN; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HELICOBACTER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MONOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEOPLASM; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; T LYMPHOCYTE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; FORECASTING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0034946120     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2.7.1093     Document Type: Review

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