Presence of autoantibodies against HeLa small nuclear ribonucleoproteins in chagasic and non-chagasic cardiac patients

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-45

  Bosetto, M C ^a   Peixoto, M S ^a   de Castro, L I R ^a   Cicarelli, R M B ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Chagas' disease; Cross reactivity; HeLa cells; Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LYSATE; CELL EXTRACT; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART DISEASE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 1242306967     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004000100006     Document Type: Article

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