Incidence of dilated cardiomyopathy and detection of HIV in myocardial cells of HIV-positive patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1093-1099

  Barbaro, Giuseppe ^a,d   Di Lorenzo, Gabriella ^a   Grisorio, Benvenuto ^b   Barbarini, Giorgio ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032531828     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199810153391601     Document Type: Article

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