Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic lesions of patients undergoing vascular surgery

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 467-473

  Loehe, Florian ^a   Bittmann, Iris ^a   Weilbach, Christine ^a   Lauterjung, Lutz ^a   Schildberg, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a   Heiss, Markus M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SURGERY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036628784     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-001-0178-5     Document Type: Article

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