Abdominal aortic aneurysm and cytomegalovirus infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 667-669

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

^a Sundsvall County Hospital   (Sweden)

^b Sundsvall County Hospital   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Sundsvall County Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Cytomegalovirus; Rupture

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

EID: 40549099376     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21022     Document Type: Article

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