Not Just Coronary Arteritis, Kawasaki Disease Is a Myocarditis, Too

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1507-

  Dahdah, Nagib ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ARTERITIS; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; CORONARY ARTERITIS; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

HUMANS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 77949890375     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.067     Document Type: Letter

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