Chlamydia pneumoniae infection of the central nervous system

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 355-359

  Yucesan, Canan ^a   Sriram, Subramaniam ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034986059     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200106000-00015     Document Type: Review

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