Letter to the Editor-Atrial fibrillation: An inflammatory and autoimmune disorder

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Schairer, David O ^a   Levis, William R ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AXONIN 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PURKINJE CELL; RISK FACTOR;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE;

EID: 84856205267     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.11.028     Document Type: Letter

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