AUTOIMMUNITY IN CHAGAS-DISEASE CARDIOMYOPATHY - FULFILLING THE CRITERIA AT LAST

Authors
KALIL J CUNHANETO E
Citation
J. Kalil et E. Cunhaneto, AUTOIMMUNITY IN CHAGAS-DISEASE CARDIOMYOPATHY - FULFILLING THE CRITERIA AT LAST, Parasitology today, 12(10), 1996, pp. 396-399
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology today → ACNP
ISSN journal
01694758
Volume
12
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
396 - 399
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4758(1996)12:10<396:AICC-F>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Here, Jorge Kalil and Edecio Cunha-Neto review the recent evidence for autoimmunity in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC) involving molecul arly defined antigens and immunopathological mechanisms. They also dis cuss the criteria for assignment of CCC as an organ-specific autoimmun e disease.