Association between seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae and acute ischaemic stroke

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 303-306

  Gil Madre, J ^a   Rodriguez Garcia, J L ^a,b   Carranza Gonzalez, R ^a   Mendoza Montero, J ^a   Botia Paniagua, E ^a   Garcia Escribano, J R ^a   Dominguez Martinez, J ^a   Fernandez Cenjor, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL LA MANCHA CENTRO   (Spain)

^b La Mancha Centro General Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute ischaemic stroke; Cerebrovascular disease; Chlamydia pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036051458     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2002.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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