Sudden death in a neonate with idiopathic eosinophilic endomyocarditis

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 587-592

  Krous, Henry F ^a,b   Haas, Elisabeth ^a   Chadwick, Amy E ^a   Wagner, Glenn N ^c  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Office of the Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic endomyocarditis; Myocarditis; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; EOSINOPHILIC ENDOMYOCARDITIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROSCOPY; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ENDOCARDITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 27844592368     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-005-0042-7     Document Type: Review

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