IMMUNOLOGICAL STATUS AND PATHOLOGY OF COXSACKIE-B VIRAL MYOCARDITIS AND DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

Authors
CHEN SX MEI SW BAO SH ZHENG XJ CHANG PL YAO JS YAO S ZHANG DQ
Citation
Sx. Chen et al., IMMUNOLOGICAL STATUS AND PATHOLOGY OF COXSACKIE-B VIRAL MYOCARDITIS AND DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY, Chinese medical journal, 106(9), 1993, pp. 659-664
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Chinese medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
03666999
Volume
106
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
659 - 664
Database
ISI
SICI code
0366-6999(1993)106:9<659:ISAPOC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The changes in 15 cases of viral myocarditis and 28 cases of dilated c ardiomyopathy were reported and compared, which were the pathological changes of endomyocardial biopsy; NK cells activity; % of peripheral T lymphocytes and its subsets determined by using OKT3,4,8 (OKT3-periph eral total lymphocytes; OKT4-helper cells; OKT8-suppressive cells) mon oclonal antibody; values of immunoglobulin IgG, IgA, IgM; titer of cox sackie B antibody neutralization test. And a discussion on their relat ionship was included.