Abstract
Summary
Acute rheumatic-like heart lesions have been produced in mice by parenteral injection of egg white on repeated occasions. Minimal lesions may also occur in untreated mice, possibly as a result of spontaneous sensitization and shocking by natural contact with protein. There was no apparent relation between the severity of clinical anaphylaxis and the severity of the pathologic changes in the heart.
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