Chronic Q fever endocarditis with massive splenomegaly in childhood

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 535-539

  Laufer, Daniel ^a,b   Lew, P Daniel ^a,b   Oberhansli, Ingrid ^a,b   Cox, Jeremiah N ^a,b   Longson, Maurice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b BOOTH HALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; ETIOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COXIELLA; CROSS INFECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; Q FEVER; RESPIROVIRUS INFECTIONS; SPLENOMEGALY; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 0022619582     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(86)80828-9     Document Type: Article

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