A cluster of fulminant myocarditis cases in children, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-39

  Mounts, A W ^a,b   Amr, S ^c   Jamshidi, R ^d   Groves, C ^e   Dwyer, D ^e   Guarner, J ^f   Dawson, J E ^f   Oberste, M S ^f   Parashar, U ^a,b   Spevak, P ^g   Alexander, J ^f  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Congestive heart failure; Enterovirus; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COXSACKIE VIRUS; DEATH; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ARRHYTHMIA; BALTIMORE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0035123360     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002460010148     Document Type: Article

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