A rare histiocytosis with severe cardiac involvement: Erdheim-Chester disease;Histiocitose rara com envolvimento cardíaco exuberante - Doença de Erdheim-Chester

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 727-740

  Botelho, Ana ^a   Antunes, Alexandre ^a   Almeida, José Carlos ^a   Abecasis, Miguel ^b   De Gouveia, Rosa Henriques ^a   Martins, Ana Paula ^b   Marques, A M Leitão ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiac involvement; Erdheim Chester disease; Histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CD68 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOPATHY; PORTUGAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47949124269     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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