Chronic infections & coronary artery disease with special reference to Chalmydia pneumoniae

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-232

  Padmavati, S ^a   Gupta, U ^a   Agarwal, H K ^a  

^a All India Heart Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Chronic infections; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUNCH BIOPSY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; THROMBOGENESIS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VIRUSES;

EID: 84859055092     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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