Methimazole interferes with the progression of experimental autoimmune myocarditis in rats

Autoimmunity

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 265-274

  Song, Ben Cai ^a   Matsui, Shinobu ^a   Zong, Zhi Ping ^a   Katsuda, Shogo ^a   Fu, Michael L X ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Hypothyroidism; Methimazole; Myocarditis; Rat

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; THIAMAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART WEIGHT; HELPER CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INHIBITION KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MICROSCOPY; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RAT; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0035710790     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916930109014695     Document Type: Article

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