Investigation of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA, chlamydial lipopolisaccharide antigens, and Helicobacter pylori DNA in atherosclerotic plaques of patients with aortoiliac occlusive disease

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-109

  Kaklikkaya, Islam ^a   Kaklikkaya, Nese ^a   Buruk, Kurtuluş ^a   Pulathan, Zerrin ^a   Koramaz, Ismail ^a   Aydin, Faruk ^a   Tosun, Ilknur ^a   Kilic, Ali Osman ^b   Özcan, Fahri ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortoiliac occlusive disease; Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LERICHE SYNDROME; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33644880004     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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