Intravenous Immune Globulin in the Therapy of Myocarditis and Acute Cardiomyopathy
- 3 June 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 95 (11) , 2476-2478
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.95.11.2476
Abstract
Background Although an autoimmune pathogenesis has been postulated for dilated cardiomyopathy, immunosuppressive therapy has not been shown to be effective in clinical trials. Immune modulatory the...Keywords
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