Coxsackie B3 myocarditis in 4 cases of suspected sudden infant death syndrome: Diagnosis by immunohistochemical and molecular-pathologic investigations

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 198, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 689-696

  Dettmeyer, Reinhard ^a   Baasner, Anne ^a   Schlamann, Marc ^a   Haag, Claudia ^b   Madea, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM SOLINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coxsackie B3; Immunohistochemistry; Myocarditis; Polymerase chain reaction; Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COXSACKIE VIRUS B3; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VIRUS DNA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0036455122     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00322     Document Type: Article

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