Cardiac homeobox gene NKX2-5 mutations and congenital heart disease: Associations with atrial septal defect and hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2072-2076

  Elliott, David A ^a   Kirk, Edwin P ^a,b,c   Yeoh, Thomas ^a   Chandar, Suchitra ^a   McKenzie, Fiona ^d   Taylor, Peter ^b   Grossfeld, Paul ^e   Fatkin, Diane ^a   Jones, Owen ^b   Hayes, Peter ^a   Feneley, Michael ^a   Harvey, Richard P ^a,c  

^a VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Hunter Genetics   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBOLISM; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0037975739     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00420-0     Document Type: Article

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