Abnormal cytokine profiles in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and their asymptomatic relatives

Heart

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-294

  Marriott, J Blake ^b   Goldman, Jonathan H ^a   Keeling, Philip J ^a   Baig, M Kamran ^a   Dalgleish, Angus G ^b   McKenna, William J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029962829     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.75.3.287     Document Type: Article

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