Localization of the sites of conduction abnormalities in a mouse model of myotonic dystrophy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1214-1220

  Saba, Samir ^a   Vanderbrenk, Brian A ^a   Luciano, Brenda ^b   Aronovitz, Mark J ^a   Berul, Charles I ^c   Reddy, Sita ^d   Housman, David ^b   Mendelsohn, Michael E ^a   Estes III, N A Mark ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a,e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; His bundle; Mice; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HIS BUNDLE; MALE; MOUSE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032847230     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00298.x     Document Type: Article

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