Loeffler endomyocarditis: A clinical presentation as right ventricular tumor

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 668-671

  De Cock, C ^a   Lemaitre, J ^a   Deuvaert, F E ^a,b  

^a HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^b BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PEROXIDASE; PREDNISOLONE; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MYOCARDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART MUSCLE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMMUNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0031593356     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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