High prevalence of viral genomes and multiple viral infections in the myocardium of adults with "idiopathic" left ventricular dysfunction.

Uwe Kühl, Matthias Pauschinger, Michel Noutsias, Bettina Seeberg, Thomas Bock, Dirk Lassner, Wolfgang Poller, Reinhard Kandolf, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss

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504 Citations (Web of Science)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)887-893
JournalCIRCULATION
Volume111
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Keywords

  • POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION
  • ENDOMYOCARDIAL BIOPSY SPECIMENS
  • HEART-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
  • IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION
  • DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
  • LYMPHOCYTIC MYOCARDITIS
  • PARVOVIRUS B19
  • HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-6
  • ENTEROVIRAL RNA
  • NESTED PCR

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