Electrocardiographic changes and myocarditis in trichinellosis: A retrospective study of 154 patients

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-411

  Puljiz, I ^a   Beus, A ^a   Kuzman, I ^a   Seiwerth, S ^b  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROATIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWINE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICHINOSIS;

THROMBUS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 21044431518     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X36307     Document Type: Article

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