Subclinical cardiological involvement in Sicilian patients with pure congenital muscular dystrophy

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 275-279

  Falsaperla, R ^a,b   Romeo, G ^a   Mattia, C ^a   Pavone, P ^a   Quattrocchi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Congenital muscular dystrophy; Heart diseases

Indexed keywords

MEROSIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PREVALENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PREVALENCE; STROKE VOLUME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 28244470290     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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