Sudden death at young age and the importance of molecular-pathologic investigation;Plotseling overlijden op jonge leeftijd en het belang van moleculair-pathologisch onderzoek

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 149, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 1601-1604

  Wilde, A A M ^a   Van Langen, I M ^b   Mannens, M M A M ^b   Waalewijn, R A ^c   Maes, A ^d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Moleculair Geneticus   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FAMILY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEART DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYBPC3 GENE; PATHOLOGY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC, FAMILIAL; CARRIER PROTEINS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 22344448900     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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