Cardiac disease and Rett syndrome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 440-443

  Acampa, M ^a,b   Guideri, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CISAPRIDE; ENKEPHALIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMIPRAMINE; KETOCONAZOLE; LEVACECARNINE; QUINIDINE; SEROTONIN DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SOTALOL; THIORIDAZINE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 33646377640     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.090290     Document Type: Review

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