Increased frequency of organ-specific cardiac antibodies in healthy relatives of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: Evidence for autoimmunity in Polish families

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 794-798

  Bilinska Z T ^a,c   Caforio, A L P ^a   Kusmierczyk Droszcz B ^b,c   Michalak, E ^a   Grzybowski, J ^a   Goldman, J H ^a   Haven, A J ^c   Rydlewska Sadowska, W ^c   Mckenna, W J ^a   Ruzyllo W ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autoantibodies; autoimmunity; dilated cardiomyopathy; relatives

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HEART ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART DILATATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PEDIGREE; POLAND; RELATIVE;

EID: 10244265854     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960191008     Document Type: Article

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