Biventricular involvement in a Turkish boy with palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and curly hair, an unusual presentation of Naxos-Carvajal syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Kilic, T ^a   Babaoglu, K ^a   Aygun F ^a   Vural, A ^a   Ural, D ^a   Agacdiken, A ^a   Anik, Y ^a   Komsuoglu, B ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carvajal syndrome; cell adhesion cardiomyopathy; Naxos disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CARVAJAL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; HAIR; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDIGREE; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME; TURKEY;

EID: 33846627277     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.097     Document Type: Article

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