Streptococcus and rheumatic fever

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 408-416

  Cunningham, Madeleine W ^a  

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

Author keywords

autoimmunity; molecular mimicry; rheumatic heart disease; streptococci; Sydenham chorea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CARBOHYDRATE; CARDIAC MYOSIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOSIN ANTIBODY; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHOREA MINOR; CROSS REACTION; ENDOTHELIUM; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHOREA; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NEURONS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84862117528     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: 15316963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e32835461d3     Document Type: Review

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