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. 2011 Nov;30(11):1015-6.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31823058dd.

Cardiac myosin epitopes for monitoring progression of rheumatic fever

Davina E Gorton, Brenda L Govan, Natkunam Ketheesan, Alan A Sive, Robert E Norton, Bart J Currie, Rebecca J Towers, Adita I Mascaro-Blanco, Madeleine W Cunningham

Cardiac myosin epitopes for monitoring progression of rheumatic fever

Davina E Gorton et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Nov.
No abstract available

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Immunoreactivity of Australian serum samples with peptides from the S2 and LMM regions of human cardiac myosin. A, ARF/RHD patients had higher reactivity to peptides from the S2 region of cardiac myosin compared with healthy controls (**P < 0.01). B, After prophylaxis for >12 months, patient reactivity to S2 1 and 2 (842–880) was comparable to healthy controls (*P < 0.05). C, Higher reactivity to the LMM region of cardiac myosin was also observed in ARF/RHD patients compared with healthy controls (**P < 0.01). Shown are mean optical density values + standard error of the mean.
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