Cardiomyopathies-Misdiagnosed as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages

  Dettmeyer, R B ^a   Kandolf, R ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Inflammatory cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular non compaction cardiomyopathy (LVNC); Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 72149090389     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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