Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: A superantigen-driven autoimmune disease

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 777-785

  Luppi, Patrizia ^a   Rudert, William A ^a   Zanone, Maria M ^a   Stassi, Giorgio ^a   Trucco, Giuliana ^a   Finegold, David ^a   Boyle, Gerard J ^a   Del Nido, Pedro ^b   McGowan, Francis X ^c   Trucco, Massimo ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Immunology; Myocarditis; Viruses

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; FEMALE; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0032566409     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.8.777     Document Type: Article

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