Improvement of cardiac function after immunoadsorption in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Autoimmunity

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 211-215

  Felix, Stephan B ^a   Staudt, Alexander ^a   Friedrich, Gert Baumann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM); Humoral immune system; Immunoadsorption; Immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SPIRONOLACTONE;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART DILATATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOADSORBENT; IMMUNOADSORPTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0035713657     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916930109007387     Document Type: Review

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