Susceptibility genes and modifiers for cardiac arrhythmias

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 397-413

  Kääb, Stefan ^a   Schulze Bahr, Eric ^b,c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Genetics; Ion channels; Polymorphisms; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENDER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNDROME;

ARRHYTHMIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 22544461665     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.04.005     Document Type: Review

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