Cardiac myosin epitopes for monitoring progression of rheumatic fever

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1015-1016

  Gorton, Davina E ^a   Govan, Brenda L ^a   Ketheesan, Natkunam ^a   Sive, Alan A ^b   Norton, Robert E ^b   Currie, Bart J ^c   Towers, Rebecca J ^c   Mascaro Blanco, Adita I ^d   Cunningham, Madeleine W ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARDIAC MYOSIN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDITIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054976364     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31823058dd     Document Type: Letter

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