Chlamydia pneumoniae in central retinal artery occlusion

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 656-659

  Vécsei, Pia V ^a   Kircher, Karl ^a   Reitner, Andreas ^a   Khanakah, Gelas ^a   Stanek, Gerold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Central retinal artery occlusion; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Embolization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION;

EID: 0036919435     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2002.800618.x     Document Type: Article

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