Endovascular presence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in patients with hemodynamically effective carotid artery stenosis.

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Published in Angiology on August 01, 1997

Authors

M Maass1, E Krause, P M Engel, S Krüger

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany.

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