The presence of anti-chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies in peripheral vascular and neurological disorders;Presencia de anticuerpos anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae en procesos vasculares periféricos y neurologicos

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 501-505

  Gutierrez Fernandez J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibody; Arterosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; ELISA; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035896614     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3206.2000556     Document Type: Article

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