Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic plaques of patients in Tehran, Iran

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-197

  Dabiri, Hossein ^a   Rezadehbashi, Maryam ^b   Badami, Naser ^a   Aghanouri, Reza ^c   Ahmadi, Hossein ^c   Khoramizadeh, Mohammad Reza ^a   Emaneini, Mohammad ^a   Izadi, Morteza ^d   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IRAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 69249232219     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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