Non-detectable Chlamydophila pneumoniae DNA in peripheral leukocytes in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with and without carotid atherosclerosis

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-14

  Reverter, Jordi L ^a,c   Tssies, Dolors ^b   Alonso, Núria ^a,c   Pellitero, Silvia ^a,c   Sanmartí, Anna ^a,c   Reverter, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 84855792175     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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