No association between Parachlamydia infection and atherosclerosis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-239

  Auderset, Floriane ^a   Genoud, Myriam ^a   Waeber, Gérard ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Chlamydia; Chlamydia like organisms; Intracellular bacteria; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDIALES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 60049089380     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00496.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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