Often seen but rarely recognised: Cardiac complications of lamin A/C mutations

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 812-814

  Van Berlo, Jop H ^a   Duboc, Denis ^b   Pinto, Yigal M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Service de Cardiologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIN A; LAMIN C;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MUTATION RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCN5A GENE;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HUMANS; LAMIN TYPE A; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 2542480343     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.03.007     Document Type: Editorial

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