Epstein-Barr virus myocarditis as the first symptom of infectious mononucleosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 569-571

  López, Sergio Zabala ^a   Vicario, Juana M ^a   Lerín, Francisco J ^a   Fernández, Amalia ^a   Pérez, Gloria ^a   Fonseca, Cherpentier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OBISPO POLANCO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute myocarditis; Epstein barr virus infection; Infectious mononucleosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; Q WAVE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950681103     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.2719     Document Type: Article

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