Prevalence of autoantibodies against contractile proteins in coronary artery disease and their clinical implications

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 870-872

  Dangas, George ^a,b   Konstadoulakis, Manoussos M ^d   Epstein, Stephen E ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos I ^d   Kymionis, George D ^d   Toutouza, Marina G ^d   Liakos, Christine ^d   Sadaniantz, Ara ^c   Cohen, Adam M ^b   Chesebro, James H ^b   Toutouzas, Pavlos K ^d  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AUTOANTIBODY; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0034175827     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00883-8     Document Type: Article

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