Immunohistological evidence for a chronic intramyocardial inflammatory process in dilated cardiomyopathy

Heart

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-306

  Kuhl U ^a   Noutsias, M ^a   Seeberg, B ^a   Schultheiss, H P ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute myocarditis; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Immune activation; T cells numbers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029883588     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.75.3.295     Document Type: Article

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