Classification and histological, immunohistochemical, and molecular diagnosis of inflammatory myocardial disease

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 673-681

  Basso, Cristina ^a   Calabrese, Fiorella ^a   Angelini, Annalisa ^a   Carturan, Elisa ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Endomyocardial biopsy; Histology; Molecular pathology; Myocarditis; Pathology; Viruses

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYOCARDITIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84888197800     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-012-9355-6     Document Type: Article

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