Myocarditis - Cardiomyopathy. Consensus Report of the German Association for Internal Medicine, presented at the 100th Annual Meeting, Wiesbaden, 13 April 1994

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-371

  Strauer, B E ^a   Kandolf, R ^b   Mall, G ^c   Maisch, B ^d   Mertens, Th ^e   Schwartzkokff, B ^a   Schultheiss H P ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Municipal Hospitals Darmstadt   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistology; Molecular biology; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCOSIDE; INTERFERON; OKT 3;

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GERMANY; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; SYMPOSIUM; VIRUS INFECTION;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0029829565     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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