Prevalence and Patterns of Cardiac Involvement in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1246-1251

  Ahuja, R ^a   Kalra, Veena ^a   Saxena, A ^a   Dua, T ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY;

CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE;

EID: 0034327071     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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