Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae and Helicobacter pylori in atherosclerotic plaques of carotid artery by polymerase chain reaction

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-123

  Kaplan, Mehmet ^a   Yavuz, Serap Simsek ^a   Cinar, Bayer ^a   Koksal, Vedat ^a   Kut, Mustafa Sinan ^a   Yapici, Fikri ^a   Gercekoglu, Hakan ^a   Demirtas, Mahmut Murat ^a  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Helicobacter pylori; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 32844454831     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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