The relationship between Helicobacter pylori IgG titre and coronary atherosclerosis

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 501-505

  Ozdogru, Ibrahim ^a   Kalay, Nihat ^a   Dogan, Ali ^a   Inanc, Mehmet T ^a   Kaya, Mehmet Gungor ^a   Topsakal, Ramazan ^a   Gul, Ibrahim ^a   Kutukoglu, Ilker ^a   Kilic, Huseyin ^a   Eryol, Namik K ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; C reactive protein; Gensini and Extent score; Infection

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANIMALS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35348894926     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.62.5.2023414     Document Type: Article

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