No association between anti-Borrelia immunoglobulin G and cardiac disorders: Results from a population based sample

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-236

  Völzke, Henry ^a   Wolff, B ^a   Guertler, L ^a   Daeschlein, G ^a   Kramer, A ^a   Ludemann J ^a   Dorr M ^a   Kors, J ^b   Felix, S B ^a   John, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT POSTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; P WAVE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 19944433099     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.031427     Document Type: Article

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