Chlamydia pneumoniae: Crossing the barriers?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-500

  Blasi, Francesco ^a   Centanni, S ^a   Allegra, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; UROKINASE RECEPTOR; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 4;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMPHYSEMA; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GRANULOCYTES; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MONOCYTES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 1842428957     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00001004     Document Type: Editorial

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