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Immunopathology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. The demonstration of Coxsackie group B viral antigen in the myocardium

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1983-09-01

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Article

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14349949
07703198

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10.1007/BF02041393

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2-s2.0-0020812508

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Mahidol University

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SCOPUS

Bibliographic Citation

Clinical Rheumatology. Vol.2, No.3 (1983), 217-222

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B. Pongpanich, S. Boonpucknavig, C. Wasi, P. Tanphaichitr, V. Boonpucknavig Immunopathology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. The demonstration of Coxsackie group B viral antigen in the myocardium. Clinical Rheumatology. Vol.2, No.3 (1983), 217-222. doi:10.1007/BF02041393 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/30504

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Immunopathology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. The demonstration of Coxsackie group B viral antigen in the myocardium

Author(s)

B. Pongpanich
 S. Boonpucknavig
 C. Wasi
 P. Tanphaichitr
 V. Boonpucknavig

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Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
 Mahidol University

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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