The autoimmune side of rheumatic fever

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 654-655

  Perricone, Carlo ^a   Rinkevich Shop, Shunit ^b   Blank, Miri ^c   Landa Rouben, Natalie ^b   Alessandri, Cristiano ^a   Conti, Fabrizio ^a   Leor, Jonathan ^b   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^c,d   Valesini, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering Center   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anti endothelial cell antibodies; Antiphospholipid syndrome; Autoantibodies; Rheumatic fever; Rheumatic heart disease (RHD)

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLICATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84908216852     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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