Endomyocardial fibrosis: An under-diagnosed cause of cardiomyopathy in Sudanese children

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 343-346

  Ali, S K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ASCITES; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; GROWTH DISORDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; SUDAN;

EID: 73049118814     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp008     Document Type: Letter

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