Human Pathology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 92-95 , January 2003

Fatal parvovirus B19–associated myocarditis clinically mimicking ischemic heart disease: An endothelial cell–mediated disease

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☆ B. D. Bültmann and K. Klingel contributed equally to this study and thus share first authorship.

☆☆ Supported in part by grants from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Fö 01KS9602) and the Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research Tübingen (IZKF) awarded to K.K.

★ Address correspondence and reprint requests to Burkhard D. Bültmann, MD, Institute of Pathology, University of Tübingen, Liebermeisterstrasse 8, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.

PII: S0046-8177(03)00003-0

doi: 10.1053/hupa.2003.48

Human Pathology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 92-95 , January 2003

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