Multiple cardiac rhabdomyoma with exclusively histological manifestation

Forensic Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Grellner, Wolfgang ^a   Henßge, Claus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart pathomorphology; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Rhabdomyoma of the heart; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEATH; FEMALE; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOMA; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 17544404021     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(95)01836-0     Document Type: Article

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