Viral myocarditis

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kühl, Uwe ^a   Schultheiss, Heinz Peter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelial infection; Heart failure; Myocarditis; Viral cardiomyopathy; Virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AUTACOID;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; ACUTE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUS LOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84919722768     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2014.14010     Document Type: Article

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