Rheumatic Heart Disease and Myxomatous Degeneration: Differences and Similarities of Valve Damage Resulting from Autoimmune Reactions and Matrix Disorganization

Autoimmune inflammatory reactions leading to rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) result from untreated Streptococcus pyogenes throat infections in individuals who exhibit genetic susceptibility. Immune effector mechanisms have been described that lead to heart tissue damage culmin...

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Izdano u:PLoS One
Glavni autori: Martins, Carlo de Oliveira, Demarchi, Lea, Ferreira, Frederico Moraes, Pomerantzeff, Pablo Maria Alberto, Brandao, Carlos, Sampaio, Roney Orismar, Spina, Guilherme Sobreira, Kalil, Jorge, Cunha-Neto, Edecio, Guilherme, Luiza
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online pristup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5266332/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28121998
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170191
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