Interferon-β Treatment Eliminates Cardiotropic Viruses and Improves Left Ventricular Function in Patients With Myocardial Persistence of Viral Genomes and Left Ventricular Dysfunction
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- 10 June 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 107 (22), 2793-2798
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000072766.67150.51
Abstract
Background— Viral infections are important causes of myocarditis and may induce cardiac dysfunction and finally lead to dilated cardiomyopathy. We investigated whether interferon (IFN)-β therapy is...Keywords
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