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Autoimmune Cardiac Diseases

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Contemporary Concepts in Cardiology

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 217))

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Abstract

The human body has the immune system to recognize substances which do not belong to it and produces against them, compounds called“antibodies”. People may form antibodies against substances of their own (“autoantibodies”), giving birth to various clinical syndromes. Although the mechanisms are not yet clearly understood, clinical and experimental data support the suggestion that autoimmune mechanisms play a significant role in the pathogenesis of heart diseases as myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy.

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  1. Manousos M. Konstadoulakis
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Konstadoulakis, M.M., Kymionis, G.D., Toutouza, M.G., Leandros, E. (1999). Autoimmune Cardiac Diseases. In: Contemporary Concepts in Cardiology. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 217. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5007-5_17

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