Recurrent pericarditis: An autoimmune disease?

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 734-735

  Rose, Noel R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARDIAC MYOSIN; COLCHICINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN; STEROID;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; PERICARDITIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 77952611166     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.195164     Document Type: Editorial

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