Chronic infections and the risk of carotid atherosclerosis: prospective results from a large population study.

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Published in Circulation on February 27, 2001

Authors

S Kiechl1, G Egger, M Mayr, C J Wiedermann, E Bonora, F Oberhollenzer, M Muggeo, Q Xu, G Wick, W Poewe, J Willeit

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1: Departments of Neurology, University Clinic Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

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