Chlamydia pneumoniae, stroke, and serological associations -: Anything learned from the atherosclerosis-cardiovascular literature or do we have to start over again?

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Apfalter, P [1 ]
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[1] Vienna Gen Hosp, Natl Reference Lab Chlamydia Pneumoniae, Inst Med Microbiol & Hyg, Dept Clin Microbiol, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Chlamydia pneumoniae; serology; stroke;
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10.1161/01.STR.0000201970.88546.5e
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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