Limited association of Chlamydia pneumoniae detection with coronary atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-88

  Zhang, Lijun ^a   Ishikawa, Yukio ^a   Akasaka, Yoshikiyo ^a   Ito, Kinji ^a   Gregory, Sloop ^b   Ishii, Toshiharu ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Coronary artery; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTIMA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOPSY; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0037372682     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(02)00383-0     Document Type: Article

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