Lack of association between Chlamydophila pneumoniae seropositivity and abdominal aortic aneurysm

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-248

  Nyberg, Anders ^a   Skagius, Elisabet ^b   Nilsson, Ingrid ^c   Ljungh, Åsa ^c   Henriksson, Anders E ^b  

^a Sundsvall County Hospital   (Sweden)

^b Sundsvall County Hospital   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Aortic aneurysm; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Rupture

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250845096     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574407301429     Document Type: Article

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