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P J Lowry, R A Thompson, W A Littler.
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The presence of type IV hypersensitivity to cardiac antigens in 26 patients with congestive cardiomyopathy was sought by two in vitro techniques. Neither test showed a significant group abnormality, but 10 patients did have hypersensitivity to heart antigen, in particular to congestive cardiomyopathic heart antigen. These patients were characterised by worse haemodynamic data and a more rapid and malignant course of the disease than in the rest of the group.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3885980 PMCID: PMC481780 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.53.4.400
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Heart J ISSN: 0007-0769