Infective endocarditis (IE) first diagnosed at autopsy: Analysis of 31 cases in Ribeirão Prieto, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 213-216

  Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu M ^a   Ruiz Junior, Everaldo ^a   Schirmbeck, Tarciso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fatal infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035407761     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652001000400007     Document Type: Article

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