Sudden unexpected cardiac deaths among young Swedish orienteers - Morphological changes in hearts and other organs

APMIS

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-336

  Larsson, Erik ^d   Wesslén, Lars ^e   Lindquist, Olle ^e   Baandrup, Ulrik ^a   Eriksson, Lars ^e   Olsen, Eckhardt ^b   Rolf, Christer ^c   Friman, Göran ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Myocarditis; Orienteering; Sudden unexpected death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032937519     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01561.x     Document Type: Article

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