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Lymphocyte subpopulations in idiopathic dilatational cardiomyopathy |
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| Authors: | P Greco-Lucchina R Pozzi S Romano R Mazzone L Avonto F Ghezzo G Emanuelli |
| Abstract: | Lymphocyte subsets have been examined in 23 patients affected by idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM). Patients were divided according to their functional class showing that compromised subjects exhibited high T-lymphocyte helper/suppressor ratio whereas the contrary was observed in the other patients. It has therefore suggested that IDCM is characterized by 2 distinct phases, each of them with different helper/suppressor ratio. |
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