Detection and evaluation of asymptomatic myocarditis in schoolchildren: Report of four cases

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Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 340-345

  Nakagawa, Masao ^a   Sato, Akemi ^a   Okagawa, Hiroto ^a   Kondo, Masanori ^a   Okuno, Masahiko ^a   Takamatsu, Tetsuro ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

201Tl myocardial scintigraphy; Asymptomatic myocarditis; Electrocardiography; Schoolchildren; Screening; Two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032782912     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.2.340     Document Type: Article

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