Endomyocardial fibrosis: Pathological and molecular findings of surgically resected ventricular endomyocardium

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 453, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-241

  Iglezias, Silvia D'Andretta ^a   Benvenuti, Luiz Alberto ^a   Calabrese, Fiorella ^b   Salemi, Vera Maria Cury ^a   Silva, Ana Maria Gonçalves ^a   Carturan, Elisa ^b   De Oliveira, Sergio Almeida ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^b   De Brito, Thales ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endomyocardial fibrosis; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphatic vessels; Polymerase chain reaction; Surgical pathology

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRUS GENOME;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 51749123740     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0652-3     Document Type: Article

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