Histiocytoid cardiomyopathy: A rare disorder causing ventricular tachycardia and sudden cardiac death in infancy;Histiocytoid kardiomyopati: En sjælden årsag til ventrikulær takykardi og pludselig hjertedød hos mindre børn

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-62

  Aksglæde, Lise ^a   Græm, Niels ^b   Jacobsen, Joes Ramsøe ^b  

^a Section of Endocrinology   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTIOCYTOID CARDIOMYOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANCY; SUDDEN DEATH; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; INFANT; PATHOLOGY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; INFANT; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33644747406     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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