Histopathological characteristics of myocarditis in acute-phase Kawasaki disease

Histopathology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1156-1167

  Harada, Mana ^a,b   Yokouchi, Yuki ^b   Oharaseki, Toshiaki ^b   Matsui, Kotoko ^a   Tobayama, Hisako ^a   Tanaka, Noboru ^a   Akimoto, Katsumi ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^a   Kishiro, Masahiko ^a   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a   Takahashi, Kei ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Impulse conduction system; Kawasaki disease; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870393335     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2012.04332.x     Document Type: Article

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