Letter to the editor: Serial measurements of cardiac troponin i in patients with myasthenia gravis-related cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kumagai, Shogo ^a   Kato, Takao ^a   Ozaki, Akihiko ^a   Hirose, Sayako ^a   Minamino, Eri ^a   Kimura, Yuki ^a   Nakane, Eisaku ^a   Miyamoto, Shoichi ^a   Izumi, Toshiaki ^a   Haruna, Tetsuya ^a   Nohara, Ryuji ^a   Inoko, Moriaki ^a  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Immunosuppression; Myasthenia gravis; Troponin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I;

AGED; BLOOD; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; HEART FAILURE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; TROPONIN;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84885320234     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.046     Document Type: Article

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