Giant cell myocarditis: Diagnosis and treatment

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Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 291-298

  Cooper Jr , Leslie T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant cell myocarditis; Heart transplantation; Immunosuppression; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; ENTERITIS; GIANT CELL; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; GIANT CELLS; GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 0343526393     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000590050023     Document Type: Article

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