Myocarditis and pericarditis in children

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1281-1303

  Durani, Yamini ^a,b   Giordano, Katie ^b   Goudie, Brett W ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocarditis; Pediatric; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISONIAZID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OKT 3; PHENYTOIN; SULFONAMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 78649429656     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2010.09.012     Document Type: Review

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