Antibodies against myosin in sera of patients with idiopathic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 612-617

  Maixent, Jean Michel ^a   Paganelli, Franck ^a   Scaglione, Jorge ^a   Lévy, Samuel ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Circulating autoantibodies; Immununologic disorders; Myosin heavy chain

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYOSIN ANTIBODY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 0031814362     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00942.x     Document Type: Article

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