Prevalence of myocarditis at autopsy in Turin, Italy

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 619-622

  Passarino, Giorgio ^a,d   Burlo, Paola ^a   Ciccone, Giovannino ^a   Comno, Alberto ^b   Cravello, Maurizio ^a   Lannicelli, Paola ^c   Mollo, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SAN GIOVANNI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030998443     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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