Acute Necrotizing Eosinophilic Myocarditis with Giant Cell Infiltration after Remission of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 894-897

  Hyogo, Masayuki ^a   Kamitani, Tadaaki ^a   Oguni, Atsuhiko ^a   Kawasaki, Shingo ^a   Miyanaga, Hajime ^a   Takahashi, Toru ^a   Kunishige, Hiroshi ^a   Andachi, Hiromu ^a  

^a MATSUSHITA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Giant cell myocarditis; Hypereosinophilic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NECROSIS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0031307259     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.894     Document Type: Article

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