Histopathological diagnosis of myocarditis in a dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka, 2009

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Weerakoon, Kosala Gad ^a   Kularatne, Senanayake Am ^a   Edussuriya, Deepthika H ^a   Kodikara, Sarachchandra Ka ^a   Gunatilake, Laxman Pg ^a   Pinto, Vasanti G ^a   Seneviratne, Ashoka B ^b   Gunasena, Sunethra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^c Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 79960653804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-268     Document Type: Article

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