Induction of autoimmune myocarditis in interleukin-2-deficient mice

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1773-1776

  Grässl, Gerhard ^b   Pummerer, Christian L ^b   Horak, Ivan ^b   Neu, Nikolaus ^a  

^a UNIV KLIN KINDER JUGENDHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

immunology; interleukins; myocarditis; myosin

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MOUSE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342981454     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.7.1773     Document Type: Article

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