A Geographical Mystery: Do Cardiotropic Viruses Respect National Borders?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-

  Yilmaz, Ali ^a   Klingel, Karin ^a   Kandolf, Reinhard ^a   Sechtem, Udo ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; DYSTROPHIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SECTION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN;

EID: 45449112806     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.072     Document Type: Letter

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