Atrial myxoma: A cardiocutaneous syndrome

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-57

  Conroy, Simon ^a   Jenkins, David ^b   Stratakis, Constantine ^c   Wassif, Wassif S ^a   Cooper, John ^a  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; HEART ATRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; SKIN TUMOR; SYNDROME;

HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 1542317659     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2004.65.1.2423     Document Type: Article

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