Women with alloimmune abortions have a limited inhibiting KIR repertoire and such miscarriages may occur because trophoblastic HLA class I molecules are recognized by decidual NK cells lacking the appropriate inhibitory KIRs.

In a Greek population with myocarditis, Chlamydia with viruses was a common finding. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance and PCR proved useful for the detection of myocarditis; EGE and LGE had the best correlation for the development of heart failure. Persistence of the initially detected infective agents was identified in patients who deteriorated further.

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