Cardiac involvement in Werdnig-Hoffmann's spinal muscular atrophy

Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 178-182

  Finsterer, J ^a,c   Stollberger C ^b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac abnormalities; Echocardiography; Neuromuscular disorders; Neuronopathy; Werdnig Hoffmann's atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIASTOLE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ST SEGMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; WERDNIG HOFFMANN DISEASE;

EID: 0343729522     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006968     Document Type: Article

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