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High prevalence of human cytomegalovirus in carotid atherosclerotic plaques obtained from Russian patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy

BACKGROUND: Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) but the role of this virus in CVD progression remains unclear. We aimed to examine the HCMV serostatus in Russian patients (n = 90) who had undergone carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and controls (n = 82)...

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Autores principales: Yaiw, Koon-Chu, Ovchinnikova, Olga, Taher, Chato, Mohammad, Abdul-Aleem, Davoudi, Belghis, Shlyakhto, Eugene, Rotar, Oxana, Konradi, Alexandra, Wilhelmi, Vanessa, Rahbar, Afsar, Butler, Lynn, Assinger, Alice, Söderberg-Nauclér, Cecilia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4177206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24229441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2042-4280-4-3