May age onset be relevant in the occurrence of left ventricular hypertrophy in Friedreich's ataxia?

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-145

  Maione, Stefania ^a,b   Giunta, Anna ^a   Filla, Alessandro ^a   De Michele, Giuseppe ^a   Spinelli, Letizia ^a   Liucci, Giovanni Antonio ^a   Campanella, Giuseppe ^a   Condoreli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

echocardiography; Friedreich's ataxia; left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0031046383     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200211     Document Type: Article

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