Feasibility of diagnosing chronic myocarditis by endomyocardial biopsy

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 167-170

  Kubo, Natsuko ^a   Morimoto, Shin Ichiro ^a   Hiramitsu, Shinya ^a   Uemura, Akihisa ^a   Kimura, Katsutomo ^a   Shimizu, Keisuke ^a   Hishida, Hitoshi ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic myocarditis; Endomyocardial biopsy; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031424740     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02767044     Document Type: Article

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