Ictero-haemorrhagic leptospirosis with a cardiac presentation in a patient returning from an endemic zone;Leptospirose ictéro-hémorragique de présentation cardiaque chez une patiente de retour de zone d'endémie

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-261

  Caignault, J R ^a   Staat, P ^b   Poncet, B ^c   Ferry, T ^c   Bonnefoy, E ^b   Kirkorian, G ^b  

^a HIA Desgenettes   (France)

^b LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLEEDING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MYOCARDITIS; ETHNOLOGY; FATALITY; HEART BLOCK; MICROBIOLOGY; NIGERIA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADULT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; NIGERIA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEIL DISEASE;

EID: 33646166559     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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