Phenotypic characterization of infiltrates in dilated cardiomyopathy - Diagnostic significance of T-lymphocytes and macrophages in inflammatory cardiomyopathy

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Noutsias, Michel ^a   Pauschinger, Matthias ^a   Schultheiss, Heinz Peter ^a   Kühl, Uwe ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Inflammatory cardiomyopathy; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; NK cells

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 3; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HLA ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHENOTYPE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; BIOPSY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, CONGESTIVE; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIUM; PHENOTYPE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036328719     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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