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The role of the immunogenetic background in the development and recurrence of acute idiopathic pericarditis.
Cardiology - 1 Jan 2011
Lazaros George, Karavidas Apostolos, Spyropoulou Maria, Tsiachris Dimitrios, Halapas Antonios, Zacharoulis Achilleas, Arapi Sophia, Matzaraki Vasiliki, Papadopoulos Kostantinos, Korres Dimitrios, Iniotaki Aliki, Pyrgakis Vlassis, Stefanadis Christodoulos
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We assessed the role of the immunogenetic background in the development and recurrence of acute idiopathic pericarditis (AIP). METHODS: Fifty-five patients with a first episode of AIP were followed for 23.8 ± 6.3 months and recurrences were recorded. The control group consisted of 246 healthy individuals. In all subjects, genomic human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing was performed. Moreover,...
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