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Original Article

A Peptide Fragment of β Cardiac Myosin Heavy Chain (β-CMHC) Can Provoke Autoimmune Myocarditis as well as the Corresponding a Cardiac Myosin Heavy Chain (α-CMHC) Fragment

Ken Kohno Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228-8555, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yohtaroh Takagakl Department of Molecular Biology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228-8555, Japan
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Naoyoshi Aoyama Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228-8555, Japan
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Hiroyuki Yokoyama Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228-8555, Japan
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Hitoshi Takehana Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228-8555, Japan
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Tohru Izump Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228-8555, Japan
Pages 177-185 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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