Frequency of occurrence of cytomegalovirus and Chlamydia pneumoniae in lymphocytes of atherosclerotic patients

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 106-108

  Al Amro, A A ^a   Al Jafari, A A ^a   Al Fagih, M R ^a   Tajeldin, M ^a   Qavi, H B ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Cytomegalovirus

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0034972190     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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