Dilated cardiomyopathy of Becker-type muscular dystrophy with exon 4 deletion: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 343-347

  Saotome, Masao ^a   Yoshitomi, Yuji ^a   Kojima, Shunichi ^a   Kuramochi, Morio ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CASE REPORT; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY;

EID: 0035023208     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970105200508     Document Type: Article

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