Letter by Conti and Volpe regarding article, "Cardiac troponin I but not cardiac troponin T induces severe autoimmune inflammation in the myocardium" [1]

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Conti, Elena ^a   Volpe, Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T; AUTOANTIBODY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; HEART INFARCTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 34247223133     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.674598     Document Type: Letter

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