Cardiac autoantibodies to myosin and other heart-specific autoantigens in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy

Autoimmunity

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-204

  Caforio, Alida L P ^a   Mahon, Niall J ^a   McKenna, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Familial; Myocarditis; Myosin

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; RELATIVE; REVIEW; RISK; SERUM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0035712188     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916930109007385     Document Type: Review

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