Is Chlamydia pneumoniae infection a risk factor for age related macular degeneration?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 523-524

  Ishida, O ^a   Oku, Hidehiro ^a   Ikeda, T ^a   Nishimura, M ^b   Kawagoe, K ^c   Nakamura, K ^c  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CYTOKINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIBODY TITER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRONCHITIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIPID OXIDATION; MACROPHAGE; NOTE; NUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THROMBOGENESIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0038408663     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.5.523     Document Type: Note

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