Streptococcus-induced myocarditis in mice

Autoimmunity

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 193-197

  Cunningham, Madeleine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Myocarditis; Myosin; Rheumatic fever; Rheumatic heart disease; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; M PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY IAK; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY IEK; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KKDK; MYOSIN; NEUROTROPHIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; COXSACKIE VIRUS; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART VALVE; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035712807     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916930109007384     Document Type: Review

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