Failure to demonstrate Chlamydia pneumoniae in cardiovascular tissue from children with Kawasaki disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 76-77

  Hammerschlag, Margaret R ^a   Boman, Jens ^b   Rowley, Anne H ^c  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Kawasaki disease; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY VESSELS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035154870     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200101000-00015     Document Type: Article

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