title: [Dilated myocarditis and cardiomyopathies. The dysimmune hypothesis].
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.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne et maladies cardio-vasculaires, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Sachs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D051381:Rats; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Myocardites et cardiomyopathies dilatées. La conception dysimmunitaire.