An animal model of chronic rheumatic valvulitis induced by formalin-killed streptococci

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1621-1625

  Xie, Xujing ^a   Zhou, Hanjian ^a   Huang, Jianlin ^a   Huang, Huanlei ^b   Feng, Zhiying ^a   Mei, Kaiyong ^c   Yu, Buyun ^a   Su, Zulan ^a   Gu, Jieruo ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Group A streptococcus; Lewis rat; Rheumatic heart disease; Rheumatic valvulitis

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; FREUND ADJUVANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LEWIS RAT; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEART; HEART VALVE DISEASES; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RHEUMATIC NODULE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 78449308001     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1246-3     Document Type: Article

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