Growth in Vascular Cells and Cytokine Production byChlamydia pneumoniae
Open Access
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 181 (s3), S473-S478
- https://doi.org/10.1086/315612
Abstract
The proposed pathogenesis of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerosis is supported by the finding that C. pneumoniae can initiate and sustain growth iKeywords
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