Screening of serum autoantibodies to cardiac β1-adrenoceptors and M2-muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in 408 healthy subjects of varying ages

Autoimmunity

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-51

  Liu, Hui Rong ^a   Zhao, Rong Rui ^a   Zhi, Jian Min ^a   Wu, Bo Wei ^a   Fu, Michael L ^b  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Healthy population; M2 muscarinic receptor; 1 adrenoceptor

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING;

EID: 0344527874     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939908995971     Document Type: Article

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