Cardiac involvement in proximal myotonic myopathy

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 619-621

  Von Zur Muhlen F ^a   Klass, C ^a   Kreuzer, H ^a   Mall, G ^b   Giese, A ^a   Reimers, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Genetic disorders; Proximal myotonic myopathy; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; MYOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA;

EID: 0031809933     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.6.619     Document Type: Article

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