Centronuclear myopathy and cardiomyopathy requiring heart transplant

Brain and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-66

  Al Ruwaishid, Abdulaziz ^a   Vajsar, Jiri ^a   Tein, Ingrid ^a   Benson, Lee ^a   Jay, Venita ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Cardiomyopathy; Central nuclei; Centronuclear myopathy; Congenital myopathy; Myotubular myopathy

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; CARDIAC AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRONUCLEAR MYOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER EXAMINATION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP;

EID: 0037245317     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(02)00151-1     Document Type: Article

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