A genetic based model of cardiac hypertrophy in MLC-ras mice

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Gottshall, Kim R ^a   Becker, K David ^a   Hunter, John J ^a   Chien, Kenneth R ^b,c  

^a AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Murine echocardiography; Myocyte disarray; Ras

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CARDIOMEGALY; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; ONCOGENE RAS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMEGALY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 1842304689     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-9164(96)80056-X     Document Type: Article

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