Correlation of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection with primary biliary cirrhosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 4108-4110

  Liu, Hai Ying ^a   Deng, An Mei ^b   Zhang, Jian ^b   Zhou, Ye ^b   Yao, Ding Kang ^b   Tu, Xiao Qing ^b   Fan, Lie Ying ^b   Zhong, Ren Qian ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Chlamydia pneumoniae; ELISA; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 24144452202     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i26.4108     Document Type: Article

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