Are anti-chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies prognosis indicators for peripartum cardiomyopathy?

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-199

  Cénac, Arnaud ^a   Djibo, Ali ^a,b   Chaigneau, Christine ^c   Velmans, Nicolas ^a   Orfila, Jeanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NATIONAL DE NIAMEY   (Niger)

^c Biobanque de Picardie   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Chlamydia pneumoniae; immunofluorescence; Niger; peripartum cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NIGER; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITALIZATION; RANK SUM TEST;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NIGER; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0038686898     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000065925.57001.3b     Document Type: Article

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