Reduced cardiac conduction velocity and predisposition to arrhythmias in connexin40-deficient mice

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 299-302

  Kirchhoff, Susanne ^a   Nelles, Eric ^a   Hagendorff, Andreas ^a   Krüger, Olaf ^a   Traub, Otto ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 0032567957     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70114-9     Document Type: Article

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