Hepatitis C virus from the hearts of patients with myocarditis and cardiomyopathy

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1137-1142

  Matsumori, Akira ^a,d   Yutani, Chikao ^b   Ikeda, Yoshihiko ^b   Kawai, Sachio ^c   Sasayama, Shigetake ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0033913705     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780120     Document Type: Article

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