Human chagasic disease is not associated with an antiheart humoral response

被引:10
作者
Baig, MK
Salomone, O
Caforio, ALP
Goldman, JH
Amuchastegui, M
Caiero, T
McKenna, WJ
机构
[1] UNIV PADUA,INST CLIN MED,DEPT CARDIOL,PADUA,ITALY
[2] HOSP PRIVADO CMC,CORDOBA,ARGENTINA
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10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00065-9
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R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
An inflammatory cardiomyopathy occurs in humans with chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas' disease). This study finds that T. cruzi infection is not associated with the production of cardiac-specific autoantibodies in humans with cardiac manifestations.
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页数:4
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