Myocyte transdifferentiation: A possible pathogenetic mechanism for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 287-290

  D'Amati, Giulia ^a   Di Gioia, Cira R T ^a   Giordano, Carla ^a   Gallo, Pietro ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOPLASM; DESMIN; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPIDS; MITOCHONDRIA; MYOCARDIUM; VACUOLES; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0033961148     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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