Association of drowning and myocarditis in a pediatric population: An autopsy-based study

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-209

  Somers, Gino R ^a   Smith, Charles R ^a,b   Wilson, Gregory J ^a,b   Zielenska, Maria ^a   Tellier, Raymond ^a   Taylor, Glenn P ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DROWNING; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; DROWNING; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYOCARDITIS; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 13444292197     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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