Viral Myocarditis. Is Infection of the Heart Required?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1227-1228

  Knowlton, Kirk U ^a   Lim, Byung Kwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

cell adhesion molecules; myocarditis; receptors; viruses

Indexed keywords

DNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA;

BACTERIOPHAGE; COXSACKIE VIRUS; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; CYTOPLASM; EDITORIAL; EXON; GENOME; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LOXP SITE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ANIMALS; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 63249090861     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.12.035     Document Type: Editorial

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