Does cytosine-thymine-guanine (CTG) expansion size predict cardiac events and electrocardiographic progression in myotonic dystrophy?

Heart

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 411-416

  Clarke, N R A ^a   Kelion, A D ^a   Nixon, J ^b   Hilton Jones, D ^b   Forfar, J C ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Cytosine thymine guanine expansion; Delayed intraventricular conduction; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PR INTERVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0034821285     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.86.4.411     Document Type: Article

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