Acute pericarditis in childhood: A 10-year experience

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 363-367

  Roodpeyma, S ^a   Sadeghian, N ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Pericardial effusion; Subxiphoid pericardial window

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; PERICARDITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033919452     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002460010081     Document Type: Article

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