Anti-β-adrenoceptors autoimmunity causing 'idiopathic' arrhythmias and cardiomyopathy

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1345-1353

  Brisinda, Donatella ^a   Sorbo, Anna Rita ^a   Venuti, Angela ^a   Ruggieri, Maria Pia ^a   Manna, Raffaele ^a   Fenici, Peter ^a   Wallukat, Gerd ^c   Hoebeke, Johan ^d   Frustaci, Andrea ^b   Fenici, Riccardo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

adrenoceptors; Arrhythmia; Biopsy; Cardiomyopathy; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CD45RO ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RATE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861616189     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-1374     Document Type: Article

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