Relevance of the genetic polymorphism of NOD1 in Chlamydia pneumoniae seropositive stroke patients

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1224-1229

  Tiszlavicz, Z ^a   Somogyvari F ^a   Kocsis, A K ^a   Szolnoki, Z ^b   Sztriha, L K ^a   Kis, Z ^a   Vecsei L ^a   Mandi Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b Pandy Kalman County Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; NOD1 gene polymorphism; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 4; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STROKE;

AGED; ALLELES; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOD1 SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STROKE;

EID: 70350133659     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02698.x     Document Type: Article

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