Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical studies on myocardial biopsies from a patient with eosinophilic endomyocarditis

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-112

  Hayashi, Tetsuya ^a   Okamoto, F ^a   Terasaki, F ^a   Deguchi, H ^a   Hirota, Y ^a   Kitaura, Y ^a   Spry, C J F ^b   Kawamura, K ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029986633     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1054-8807(95)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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