Autoimmunity in Chagas disease cardiomyopathy: Fulfilling the criteria at last?

被引:109
作者
Kalil, J
CunhaNeto, E
机构
[1] Transplant. Immunology Laboratory, Inst. do Coracao Faculdade de Med., Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP
来源
PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1996年 / 12卷 / 10期
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10.1016/0169-4758(96)10058-2
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Here, Jorge Kalil and Edecio Cunha-Neto review the recent evidence for autoimmunity in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC) involving molecularly defined antigens and immunopathological mechanisms. They also discuss the criteria for assignment of CCC as an organ-specific autoimmune disease.
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页码:396 / 399
页数:4
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