Cardiac conduction abnormalities in a mouse model of Lyme Borreliosis

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-143

  Saba, Samir ^a,c   Vanderbrink, Brian A ^a   Perides, George ^a,b   Glickstein, Lisa J ^a   Link, Mark S ^a   Homoud, Munther K ^a   Bronson, Roderick T ^a   Estes III, Mark ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carditis; Electrophysiology; Lyme disease; Mouse; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H;

EID: 0035012337     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011469223042     Document Type: Article

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