An Atypical Complication of Atypical Pneumonia

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 824-827

  Wiener, Charles M ^a   Antonarakis, Emmanuel S ^a   Wung, Peter K ^a   Durand, Daniel J ^a   Leyngold, Ilya ^a   Meyerson, David A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 33748790147     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.08.011     Document Type: Note

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