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Chronic Epstein‐Barr Virus Infections Associated with Coronary Aneurysms
Author(s) -
Kobayashi Ichiro,
Hamada Isamu,
Tomizawa Kazuhiro,
Kikuta Hideaki,
Sakiyama Yukio,
Matsumoto Shuzo
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1989.tb01343.x
Subject(s) - medicine , virus , virology , cardiology
We recently reported virological studies in a patient with chronic active Epstein‐Barr virus (EBV) infection in which T‐lymphocytes were infected, and coronary aneurysms were detected by echocardiography. We report here the clinical features of this patient and suggest that EBV may cause coronary aneurysms and that an echocardiographic study should be performed in patients with chronic active EBV infection.