Chlamydialike organisms and atherosclerosis [7]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 705-706

  Greub, Gilbert ^a,c,d   Hartung, Olivier ^b   Adekambi, Toïdi ^a   Alimi, Yves S ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CROSS REACTION; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645467954     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1204.050751     Document Type: Letter

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