IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND OXYPROLINE METABOLISM IN SUBJECTS WITH CARDIAC CONNECTIVE TISSUEDYSPLASIAS AND AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

Abstract

The blood levels of native DNA antibodies, rheumatoid factor, IgG and IgM cardiolipin antibodies, and free and protein-bound oxyproline were compared in subjects with and without various cardiac dysplasias in the presence and absence of autonomic dysfunction. There were differences in these parameters between the study groups.

Keywords

• cardiac connective tissue dysplasias
• mitral valve prolapse
• autonomic dysfunction
• immunological parameters
• oxyproline metabolism