Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in peripheral venous blood samples from patients with carotid artery stenosis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-62

  Freidank, H ^a   Lux, A ^a   Dern, P ^a   Meyer Konig U ^a   Els, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036175274     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-001-0647-3     Document Type: Article

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