Vagus nerve stimulation may be used in the therapy of myocarditis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 725-727

  Li, Hong ^a   Yang, Tian De ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; JANUS KINASE 2; STAT3 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATION; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; VAGUS NERVE;

AVES;

EID: 70349751610     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.04.036     Document Type: Article

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