Parvovirus B19 infection associated with myocarditis following adult cardiac transplantation

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 607-609

  Heegaard, Erik D ^a   Eiskjær, Hans ^b   Baandrup, Ulrik ^b   Hornsleth, Allan ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032449184     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549850161188     Document Type: Article

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