Real time PCR for detection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with multiple sclerosis [7]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1293-1295

  Sessa, Rosa ^a   Schiavoni, Giovanna ^a   Borriello, Giovanna ^b   Zagaglia, Carlo ^a   Marinelli, Fabiana ^b   Del Piano, Massimo ^a   Pozzilli, Carlo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA INTERFERON; DNA; GLATIRAMER; MITOXANTRONE;

AGED; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTPATIENT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36148978954     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0504-5     Document Type: Letter

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