Immunomodulation: A new horizon for medical treatment of heart failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Sasayama, Shigetake ^a   Matsumori, Akira ^a   Matoba, Yoshiki ^a   Matsui, Shigeo ^a   Yamada, Takehiko ^a   Shioi, Tetsuo ^a   Sato, Yukihito ^a   Doyama, Kiyoshi ^a   Kishimoto, Chiharu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Myocarditis; Natural killer cells; Phosphodiesterase inhibitors; Survival

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; REVIEW;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE;

EID: 0030340045     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-9164(96)80089-3     Document Type: Article

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