Fatal dilated cardiomyopathy associated with a mitochondrial DNA deletion

Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-71

  Moslemi, Ali Reza ^a   Selimovic, Nedim ^a   Bergh, Claes Håkan ^a   Oldfors, Anders ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial DNA mutation; Pathology

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DAMAGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MITOCHONDRION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033667651     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007049     Document Type: Article

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