Listening for hoof beats in heart beats

Nature Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 968-970

  Robbins, Jeffrey ^a   Dorn II, Gerald W ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; ENDOTHELIN 1; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HF 1B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE MUTATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINUS NODE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MYOCARDIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033830794     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/79652     Document Type: Article

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