Prevalence and characteristics of dystrophin defects in adult male patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1760-1768

  Arbustini, Eloisa ^a   Diegoli, Marta ^a   Morbini, Patrizia ^a   Dal Bello, Barbara ^a   Banchieri, Nadia ^a   Pilotto, Andrea ^a   Magani, Filippo ^a   Grasso, Maurizia ^a   Narula, Jagat ^b   Gavazzi, Antonello ^a   Viganò, Mario ^a   Tavazzi, Luigi ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DYSTROPHIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HEART DILATATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEFECT; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DYSTROPHIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034120286     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00650-1     Document Type: Article

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