Hepatitis C virus infection and heart diseases: A multicenter study in japan

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 389-391

  Matsumori, Akira ^a   Ohashi, Naohiro ^a   Hasegawa, Koji ^a   Sasayama, Shigetake ^a   Eto, Tanenao ^b   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^c   Izumi, Tohru ^d   Kawamura, Keishiro ^e   Kawana, Masatoshi ^f   Kimura, Akinori ^g   Kitabatake, Akira ^h   Matsuzaki, Masunori ⁱ   Nagai, Ryozo ^j   Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^k   Hiroe, Michiaki ^g   Hori, Masatsugu ^l   Inoko, Hidetoshi ^m   Seko, Yoshinori ⁿ   Sekiguchi, Morie ^o   Shimotohno, Kunitada ^a   Sugishita, Yasuro ^p   Takeda, Nobuakira ^q   Takihara, Keiko ^l   Tanaka, Masashi ^r   Tokuhisa, Takeshi ^s   Toyo oka, Teruhiko ⁿ   Yokoyama, Mitsuhiro ^t   more..

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^f TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^o SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^q JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^r GIFU INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^s CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^t KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Cardiomyopathy; Hepatitis C virus; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 3042950885     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.389     Document Type: Article

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