Antimyosin scintigraphy and immunohistologic analysis of endomyocardial biopsy in patients with clinically suspected myocarditis - Evidence of myocardial cell damage and inflammation in the absence of histologic signs of myocarditis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1371-1376

  Kühl, Uwe ^a   Lauer, Bernward ^b   Souvatzoglu, Michael ^c   Vosberg, Henning ^c   Schultheiss, Heinz Peter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ANTIBODY IN 111;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0344542058     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00397-0     Document Type: Article

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