Clinicopathological features of paediatric deaths due to myocarditis: An autopsy series

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 594-598

  Weber, M A ^a   Ashworth, M T ^a   Risdon, R A ^a   Malone, M ^a   Burch, M ^a   Sebire, N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MYOCARDITIS; NECROSIS; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; VIRUS DETECTION; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEART MUSCLE; INFANT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 48949119129     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.128686     Document Type: Article

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