Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Heart Is Common in Patients with Fatal Myocarditis
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- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 40 (5) , 683-688
- https://doi.org/10.1086/427804
Abstract
Background. Although enteroviruses and adenoviruses are considered to be the leading causes of the usually mild clinical myocarditis, little is knownKeywords
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