Scleroderma heart disease: An unusual cause of positive antimyosin cardiac imaging

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-92

  Lekakis, John ^a,c   Mavrikakis, Myron ^a   Prassopoulos, Vassilios ^b   Gerali, Sofia ^b   Sifakis, Nicos ^b   Kostamis, Panos ^b   Stamatelopoulos, Stamatios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ANTIBODY IN 111;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA;

EID: 0033065356     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(99)90069-7     Document Type: Article

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