| Literature DB >> 3790384 |
W M Behan, M Aitchison, P O Behan.
Abstract
Approximately 70% of patients with dermatomyositis have evidence of cardiac damage; in one third of cases this affects principally or solely the conduction tissue. In infants similar histological lesions have been associated with a maternal autoantibody, anti-Ro, that crosses the placenta and produces congenital heart block. Anti-Ro antibody was detected in a fatal case of dermatomyositis with lesions of the conduction system.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3790384 PMCID: PMC1236898 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.56.5.479
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Heart J ISSN: 0007-0769