Chlamydia pneumoniae infection as a risk factor for subarachnoid hemorrhage

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 209-213

  Yoneda, Hiroshi ^a   Ouchi, Kazunobu ^b   Ogawa, Akira ^c   Kunitsugu, Ichiro ^a   Fujisawa, Hirosuke ^a   Akimura, Tatsuo ^a   Kato, Shoichi ^a   Suzuki, Michiyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Risk factor; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 17844405330     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083884     Document Type: Article

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