Immunoblotting analysis of abdominal aortic aneurysms using antibodies against Chlamydia pneumoniae recombinant MOMP

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-85

  Vammen, S ^a,d   Vorum, H ^b   Ostergaard, L ^c   Henneberg, E W ^a   Lindholt, J S ^a  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; C. pnemoniae, MOMP; Immunoblotting

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036632623     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1658     Document Type: Article

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