Myocarditis associated with parvovirus B19 infection in two siblings with merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy [4]

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 135-136

  Beghetti, Maurice ^a   Gervaix, Alain ^a   Haenggeli, Charles Antoine ^a   Berner, Michel ^a   Rimensberger, Peter C ^a  

^a Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROSIN;

CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMININ; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MYOCARDITIS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN;

EID: 0034003587     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050034     Document Type: Letter

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