Immunohistochemical and molecular-pathological diagnosis of myocarditis in cases of suspected sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) - A multicenter study

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Dettmeyer, Reinhard ^a   Baasner, Anne ^a   Haag, Claudia ^a   Bruch, Simone ^a   Schlamann, Marc ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Myocarditis; Polymerase chain reaction; Sudden infant death syndrome; Virus detection

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARVOVIRUS; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VICTIM; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CAPSID PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 65749111333     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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