In vivo inhibitory effect of anti-muscarinic autoantibodies on the parasympathetic function in Chagas disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 339-340

  Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P ^a   De Carvalho, Antonio Carlos Campos ^b   Lombardi, Federico ^c   Talvani, André ^d   Teixeira, Mauro Martins ^a   Rocha, Manoel Otávio Costa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Chagas disease; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETA1 ADRENORECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 78650018625     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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