Varicella zoster myopericarditis in an immunocompetent adult;Mioperikarditis izazvan virusom varicella-zoster u imunokompetentnog odraslog bolesnika

Acta Medica Croatica

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-327

  Biočić, Stanko ^a   Durašević, Željko ^a   Starčević, Boris ^a   Udovičić, Mario ^a  

^a University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Myocarditis; Pericarditis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BISOPROLOL; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 74049116466     PISSN: 13300164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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