Placental infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae and intrauterine growth restriction

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 165-169

  Baboonian, Christina ^a   Smith, David A ^a   Shapland, David ^b   Arno, Gavin ^a   Zal, Behnam ^a   Akiyu, Julius ^a   Kaski, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FURNESS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Congenital defects; Coronary circulation; Coronary disease; Infection inflammation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIASIS; ECHOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLACENTA DISORDER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0642342930     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00321-3     Document Type: Article

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