PMID: 2108636Mar 1, 1990Paper

Dilated myocarditis and cardiomyopathies. The dysimmune hypothesis

Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
R N Sachs

Abstract

A causal relationship between myocarditis and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy has long been suspected. Humoral and cellular immune mechanisms are most probably involved in the pathogenesis of these diseases. Human genotype may influence the outcome of lymphocytic myocarditis by means of the major histocompatibility complex.

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