Detection of enteroviral infection in myocardial tissues by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-114

  Mariani, Mario ^a   Petronio, Anna S ^a   Manes, Maria T ^a   Morelli, Marcello ^a   Squecco, Donatella ^b   Nardini, Vincenzo ^a   Bevilacqua, Generoso ^a   Ceccherini Nelli, Luca ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coxsackieviruses; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Enteroviral infection; Myocarditis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544475282     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1996.tb00215.x     Document Type: Article

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