Document 0892
 DOCN  M95A0892
 TI    Immunopathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathies.
 DT    9510
 AU    Goldman JH; McKenna WJ; Department of Cardiological Sciences, St.
       George's Hospital; Medical School, London, UK.
 SO    Curr Opin Cardiol. 1995 May;10(3):306-11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95337536
 AB    Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy is a chronic heart muscle disorder of
       unknown etiology, but experimental and clinical evidence is accumulating
       that points to an immune pathogenesis in a subset of patients, and to
       the potential importance of myosin as an antigen. Most recent
       developments include evidence of cardiac- and disease-specific
       autoantibodies in a proportion of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
       and their relatives, and the identification of immunogenic epitopes.
 DE    Animal  Autoantibodies/ANALYSIS  Cardiomyopathy,
       Congestive/*ETIOLOGY/*IMMUNOLOGY  Human  HIV Infections/COMPLICATIONS
       Mice  Myosin/IMMUNOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, ACADEMIC

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