Quantitative histological examination of bioprosthetic heart valves

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 590-596

  Lepidi, Hubert ^a   Casalta, Jean Paul ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Habib, Gilbert ^b   Collart, Frédéric ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPROSTHESIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33144456750     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500135     Document Type: Article

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