TY - T1 - Occurrence and Features of Childhood Myocarditis : A Nationwide Study in Finland SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/297094 T3 - A1 - Arola, Anita; Pikkarainen, Essi; Sipilä, Jussi O. T.; Pykäri, Jouni; Rautava, Päivi; Kytö, Ville A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - Background-Epidemiology of myocarditis in childhood is largely unknown. Men are known to have a higher incidence of myocarditis than women in adults aged Methods and Results-Data of all hospital admissions with myocarditis in Finland occurring in patients aged Conclusions-Myocarditis leading to hospital admission is relatively uncommon in children, but occurrence of myocarditis increases with age. There is no sex difference in the risk of myocarditis during the first 6 years of life, but boys ha... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - epidemiology; infection; inflammation; myocarditis; DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PEDIATRIC MYOCARDITIS; EUROPEAN-SOCIETY; CHILDREN; OUTCOMES; DIAGNOSIS; BIOPSY; GENDER; PREDICTORS; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine N1 - PP - ER -