Serum levels of eosinophil cationic protein in patients with eosinophilic myocarditis [4]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-99

  Arima, Mizuhiro ^a   Kanoh, Tatsuji ^a   Kawano, Yasunobu ^a   Oigawa, Tetsuya ^a   Yamagami, Shinichiro ^a   Matsuda, Shigeru ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HISTAMINE; TRYPTASE;

ASTHMA; BODY FLUID; EOSINOPHIL; HEART CATHETER; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; LETTER; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

BLOOD PROTEINS; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MYOCARDITIS; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 0036292128     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00074-8     Document Type: Letter

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