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Comments on the Failure to Detect Chlamydia pneumoniae in Atherosclerosis

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  1. Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Hospital Campus, Paddington, London, W2 1NY, UK

    D. Taylor-Robinson

  2. Department of Virology, Umeå University, 901 85, Umeå, Sweden

    J. Boman

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Taylor-Robinson, D., Boman, J. Comments on the Failure to Detect Chlamydia pneumoniae in Atherosclerosis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 22, 709–710 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-003-1021-4

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