Cardiac sarcoidosis: An elusive diagnosis

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-192

  Kingston, Nicola J ^a   Ruygrok, Peter N ^b   Taylor, Graeme B ^a   O'Malley, Sue I ^c   Gibbs, Helen C ^b   Oldfield, Robyn L ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c Wakefield Heart Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cardiac sarcoidosis; Endomyocardial biopsy; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; EXPLANT; GRANULOMA; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036924111     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2892.2002.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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