Postpericardial injury syndrome: An autoimmune phenomenon

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 156-158

  Erlich, Jesslyn Furst ^a   Paz, Ziv ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anti heart antibodies (AHA); Autoimmunity; Pericardial effusion; Postpericardial injury syndrome (PPIS)

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; COLCHICINE; HEART ANTIBODY; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; POSTPERICARDIAL INJURY SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; POSTPERICARDIOTOMY SYNDROME;

EID: 77953326894     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-009-8147-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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