Digital image analysis system for the quantification of infiltrates and cell adhesion molecules in inflammatory cardiomyopathy

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Noutsias, Michel ^a   Pauschinger, Matthias ^a   Ostermann, Karsten ^a   Escher, Felicitas ^a   Blohm, Jan Henrik ^a   Schultheiss, Heinz Peter ^a   Kühl, Uwe ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecules; Diagnosis; Digital image analysis; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Infiltrates; Inflammatory cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

BETA2 INTEGRIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 3; PADGEM PROTEIN; SELECTIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD3; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CELL ADHESION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0036268773     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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