Sudden unexpected death related to enterovirus myocarditis: histopathology, immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology diagnosis at post-mortem

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gaaloul, Imed ^a,b,e   Riabi, Samira ^a   Harrath, Rafik ^a   Evans, Mark ^b   Salem, Nidhal H ^c,d   Mlayeh, Souheil ^d,e   Huber, Sally ^b   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a  

^a Pharmacy Faculty   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d University Hospital Farhat Hached ^*  (Tunisia)

^e FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN VP1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; ENTEROVIRUS; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDDEN DEATH; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUNISIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 84866000328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-212     Document Type: Article

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