Phenotype analysis of mononuclear cells in endomyocardial biopsy specimens from patients with viral myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy.

doi:10.1007/BF02897670

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Phenotype analysis of mononuclear cells in endomyocardial biopsy specimens from patients with viral myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy.

Journal of Tongji Medical University = Tong ji yi ke da xue xue bao - 1 Jan 1994

Li W, Yu S, Wang D W

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This study investigated the distribution and phenotype of mononuclear cells in endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) specimens from patients with viral myocarditis (VMC, 25 cases) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM, 10 cases). T lymphocytes, including Th/i cells in VMC and Tc/s cells in DCM, predominated in t...

Topics

Adult
Biopsy
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
Endocardium
Female
Humans
Male
Myocarditis
Myocardium
Phenotype
T-Lymphocyte Subsets
Virus Diseases

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