Immunosuppressive Therapy in Myocarditis
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Immunosuppressive therapy in myocarditis.
Although there is general agreement on the favorable effect of immunosuppression in eosinophilic, granulomatous, giant-cell myocarditis and in lymphocytic myocarditis associated with connective tissue disorders and with rejection of a transplanted heart, its therapeutic role in lymphocytic inflammatory cardiomyopathy (ICM) is still debated. Previous retrospective studies reported a relevant cli...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1346-9843,1347-4820
DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-14-1192