Complete atrioventricular block in Becker muscular dystrophy

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1194, 2004, Pages

  Akdemir, Ramazan ^a   Ozhan, Hakan ^a   Gunduz, Huseyin ^b   Yazici, Mehmet ^a   Erbilen, Enver ^a   Uyan, Cihangir ^b   Imirzalioglu, Necat ^c  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DNA; DYSTROPHIN; FUROSEMIDE; DMD PROTEIN, HUMAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RARE DISEASE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENETICS; HEART BLOCK; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DYSTROPHIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXONS; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE;

EID: 3042540638     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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