Detection of infectious agents by polymerase chain reaction in human aortic wall

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 297-302

  Reszka, Edyta ^a   Jegier, Bogdan ^b   Wasowicz, Wojciech ^a   Lelonek, Malgorzata ^b   Banach, Maciej ^b   Jaszewski, Ryszard ^b  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aortic wall; Atherosclerosis; C. pneumoniae; CMV; H. pylori; HSV; M. pneumoniae; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 49249121794     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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