Autoimmune myocarditis: concepts and questions.
There has been a resurgence of interest in immunologically-mediated heart disease, culminating in a recent meeting. This interest was sparked off by new experimental models of autoimmune myocarditis that have served two useful functions: first, as good models of human myocarditis and second, as paradigms of infection-induced autoimmune disease.
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
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D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000209:etiology; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology*