[The efficacy of taktivin in patients with viral myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy].

Abstract

The aim of the present research was to study the efficacy of the immunomodulating agent T-activin in patients with viral myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP). The data obtained indicate that under the influence of the general therapy with T-activin cellular immunity manifested positive changes and the patients with viral myocarditis and DCMP felt better.

• Authors: N N Kipshidze, M M Dzhaparidze, L M Dzidziguri, N B Rachvelishvili, M N Dateshidze, M F Demetrashvili
• Journal: Terapevticheskii arkhiv (Ter Arkh) Vol. 62 Issue 9 Pg. 116-8 ( 1990) ISSN: 0040-3660 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Effektivnost' taktivina u bol'nykh virusnym miokarditom i dilatatsionnoĭ kardiomiopatieĭ.
• PMID: 2177920 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Adjuvants, Immunologic
• Peptides
• Thymus Extracts
• T-activin

Topics

• Adjuvants, Immunologic (therapeutic use)
• Adult
• Antibody Formation (drug effects, immunology)
• Cardiomyopathy, Dilated (drug therapy, immunology)
• Coxsackievirus Infections (drug therapy, immunology)
• Drug Evaluation
• Enterovirus B, Human
• Female
• Humans
• Immunity, Cellular (drug effects, immunology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Myocarditis (drug therapy, immunology)
• Peptides (therapeutic use)
• Thymus Extracts (therapeutic use)