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01-11-2010 | Poster presentation
Differences in virus prevalence and load in the hearts of patients with chronic dilated cardiomyopathy with and without immune-mediated inflammatory disease
Authors:
R Dennert, P van Paassen, C Bruggeman, P Wolffs, J W Cohen Tervaert, S Heymans
Published in:
Journal of Translational Medicine
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Special Issue 1/2010
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Excerpt
Autoimmune responses against the heart and infections with cardiotropic viruses have been suggested to play a major role in the pathogeneses of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The interaction and cross-talk between these complex mechanisms is not completely understood, making etiologic distinction difficult. …