Takayasu myocarditis mediated by cytotoxic T lymphocytes

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256-260

  Takeda, Norifumi ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Seko, Yoshinori ^a   Maemura, Koji ^a   Nakasone, Hideki ^a   Sakamoto, Kei ^a   Hirata, Yasunobu ^a   Nagai, Ryozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

T lymphocytes; Hypopituitarism; Hypothalamic; Immunosuppressive therapy; Takayasu arteritis

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FOLLITROPIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREDNISOLONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PREDNISOLONE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17744387745     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.256     Document Type: Article

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