Immune suppressive treatment in paediatric myocarditis: still awaiting the evidence.
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Correspondence to: Dr Michael Burch, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London WC1N 3JH, UK; [email protected] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P aediatric and adult cardiological practices are dominated by (respectively) congenital and atheromatous heart disease. Some diseases are common to both specialities, an example being myocarditis. It is a paradox that a 15 year old child may be given potent immune suppressive treatment for myocarditis but a 16 year old on the adult cardiology ward with the same diagnosis will not. What is the evidence for this conundrum?
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Heart
دوره 90 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004