Extensive cardiac cysticercosis-an interesting autopsy finding

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-336

  Gill, Meenu ^a   Boombak, Ekta ^a   Gill, Paramjeet S ^a   Gupta, Veena ^a   Sen, Rajeev ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cardiac cysticercosis; Extensive cardiac cysts; Multiple cysts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC CYSTICERCOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYSTICERCOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TUMOR; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84856830832     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(11)60078-9     Document Type: Article

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