Sudden death of an immunocompetent young adult caused by novel (swine origin) influenza A/H1N1-associated myocarditis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 458, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-376

  Gdynia, Georg ^a   Schnitzler, Paul ^a   Brunner, Eva ^b   Kandolf, Reinhard ^b   Bläker, Hendrik ^a   Daum, Edith ^a   Schnabel, Philipp ^a   Schirmacher, Peter ^a   Roth, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

H1N1; Myocarditis; Novel influenza A; Swine flu

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LABORATORY TEST; MYOCARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; FATALITY; GENETICS; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79954428249     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-010-1035-0     Document Type: Article

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