Cardiac sarcoidosis: In vivo diagnosis by endomyocardial biopsy and treatment with corticosteroids;Kardiale Sarkoidose: Diagnosesicherung durch Endomyokardbiopsie und Therapie mit Kortikosteroiden

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Badorff, C ^a   Schwimmbeck, P L ^a   Kuhl U ^a   Gerhold, M ^a   Stein, H ^a   Schultheiss H P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac sarcoidosis; cardiomyopathy; corticosteroids; endomyocardial biopsy; treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; SARCOIDOSIS;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; PREDNISOLONE; SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030897553     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920050027     Document Type: Article

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