Tricuspid aseptic endocarditis revealing right endomyocardial fibrosis during an unrecognized Behçet's disease: A case report

Presse Medicale

Volumn 33, Issue 19 II, 2004, Pages 1367-1369

  Aouba, Achille ^a,c   Nebie, Lucie ^a,b   Fabiani, Jean Noel ^a   Bruneval, Patrice ^a   Patri, Blaise ^a   De Bandt, Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b Hôpital Yalgado   (Burkina Faso)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 9144256055     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0755-4982(04)98935-x     Document Type: Article

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