Immunosuppression as therapy for congestive heart failure

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9608, 2008, Pages 184-186

  Sliwa, Karen ^a   Ansari, Aftab A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN REGULATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 38149007181     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60115-4     Document Type: Note

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