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Title: | Immunopathology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. The demonstration of Coxsackie group B viral antigen in the myocardium |
Authors: | B. Pongpanich S. Boonpucknavig C. Wasi P. Tanphaichitr V. Boonpucknavig Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University Mahidol University |
Keywords: | Medicine |
Issue Date: | 1-Sep-1983 |
Citation: | Clinical Rheumatology. Vol.2, No.3 (1983), 217-222 |
Abstract: | Immunopathologic studies were performed on heart tissue of patients with acute rheumatic fever with carditis and chronic rheumatic heart disease. Coxsackie group B viral antigen was demonstrated in 3 heart specimens of patients clinically compatible with active rheumatic fever. In two of these the pathologic findings were compatible with acute rheumatic carditis. Immunoglobulin was detected in 2 and complement in one of these heart specimens. All of the chronic rheumatic heart specimens and the controls were negative. These findings suggested that Coxsackie group B virus may be etiologically related to the pathogenesis of acute rheumatic fever. © 1983 Springer-Verlag. |
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ISSN: | 14349949 07703198 |
Appears in Collections: | Scopus 1969-1990 |
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