Histopathological aspects of cardiac biopsy in pediatric patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-353

  Nishikawa, Toshio ^a   Uto, Kenta ^a   Kanai, Saeko ^a   Oda, Hideaki ^a   Kawamura, Shunji ^a   Nakanishi, Toshio ^a   Hagiwara, Nobuhisa ^b   Morimoto, Shin Ichiro ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dilated cardiomyopathy; endomyocardial biopsy; fibrosis; histopathology; myocarditic index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CYTOLYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959766477     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03250.x     Document Type: Article

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