DEPOSITS OF EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS IN CARDIAC TISSUES OF PATIENTS WITH EOSINOPHILIC ENDOMYOCARDIAL DISEASE

The Lancet

Volumn 329, Issue 8534, 1987, Pages 643-647

  Tai, Po Chun ^a   Spry, ChristopherJ F ^a   Olsen, EckhardtG J ^c   Ackerman, StevenJ ^b   Dunnette, Sandra ^c   Gleich, GeraldJ ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Heart Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; ETIOLOGY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 0023156692     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(87)90412-0     Document Type: Article

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