Atrial myxoma identified by transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with NAME syndrome

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-76

  Cortés Franco, Roberto ^a   Okan, Gokhan ^a   Ozaydin, Mehmet ^a   Sucu, Handan ^a   Selcuki, Dilek ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HUMAN; LENTIGO; LETTER; NEUROFIBROMA; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LENTIGO; MYXOMA; SYNDROME; VULVA;

EID: 0034007928     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2000.00842.x     Document Type: Letter

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