5. Oncocytic Cardiomyopathy: A rare cause of unexpected early childhood death associated with fitting

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-87

  Stahl, Jürgen ^c   Couper, Richard T L ^a   Byard, Roger W ^b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOLOGY; SEIZURE;

ARRHYTHMIA; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MYOCARDIUM; SEIZURES;

EID: 0030635742     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249703700120     Document Type: Article

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