The adventitia of atherosclerotic coronary arteries frequently contains Chlamydia pneumoniae

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-122

  Vink, Aryan ^a,c   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a,c   Poppen, Marieke ^a,c   Schoneveld, Arjan H ^a,c   De Kleijn, Dominique P V ^a,c   Roholl, Paul J M ^d   Fontijn, Jolanda ^a   Plomp, Simon ^b   Borst, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Coronary disease; Infection

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; VASA VASORUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0034971287     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(00)00715-2     Document Type: Article

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