Serological markers of Chlamydia pneumoniae, cytomegalovirus and Helicobacter pylori infection in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with unstable angina pectoris

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-106

  Altannavch, Ts ^a,c   Roubalova K ^b   Broz J ^a   Hruba D ^b   Andel M ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Diabetes mellitus; Infection; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0038573686     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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