Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving nucleic acid
Patent
1992-06-12
1995-06-13
Parr, Margaret
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving nucleic acid
435 4, 435 71, C12Q 168, C12Q 100, G01N 3353
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ABSTRACT:
Method of diagnosing arterial chlamydial granuloma by detecting in a biological sample both a first marker associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae and a second marker associated with arterial granuloma. Therapeutic composition for treating arterial chlamydial granulomatous disease, including an anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae agent and a granuloma inhibitor.
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