Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (Naxos Disease): Report of a Turkish Boy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2326-2329

  Narin, Nazmi ^a,c   Akcakus, Mustafa ^a   Gunes, Tamer ^a   Celiker, Alpay ^a   Baykan, Ali ^a   Uzum, Kazim ^a   Ferahbas, Ayten ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Naxos disease; Palmoplantar keratoderma; Woolly hair

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADIPOCYTE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAIR DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOOLLY HAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MALE; TURKEY;

EID: 0346101467     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2003.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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