Notes from a recent visitor to Berlin: On myocarditis, effect of coronary angiography on thyroid function, and Virchow's inflammatory theory of atherosclerosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1011-1012

  Cheng, Tsung O ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM PERCHLORATE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYOCARDITIS; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037090640     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02215-4     Document Type: Letter

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