Immunological aspects of congenital atrioventricular block

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8 II, 1997, Pages 2093-2097

  Smeenk, Ruud J T ^a  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Congenital heart block; La SS B; Ro SS A

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FETUS HEART; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, SMALL CYTOPLASMIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0030738529     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03635.x     Document Type: Article

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