Clinical presentation polymorphism and natural history in acute myocarditis experience in 60 cases;Polimorfismo clinico di presentazione e storia natural della miocardite attiva: Esperienza su 60 casi

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 758-774

  Sinagra, Gianfranco ^a,b   Maras, Patrizia ^a   D'Ambrosio, Andrea ^a   Gregori, Dario ^a   Bussani, Rossana ^a   Silvestri, Furio ^a   Morgera, Tullio ^a   Pinamonti, Bruno ^a   Salvi, Alessandro ^a   Alberti, Ezio ^a   Di Lenarda, Andrea ^a   Lardieri, Gerardina ^a   Klugmann, Silvio ^a   Camerini, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 8544252377     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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