Basement membrane thickening in small intramyocardial vessels in eosinophilic myocarditis

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-277

  Rossi, M ^a   Marin Neto, J ^a   Uchida, E ^a   Ramos, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Eosinophilia; Eosinophilic myocarditis; Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome; Small intramyocardial vessels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MYOCARDITIS; NECROSIS;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOCARDIUM; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0030054756     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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