Early cardiac involvement in children carrying the A3243G mtDNA mutation

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 450-451

  Wortmann, S B ^a   Rodenburg, R J ^a   Backx, A P ^a   Schmitt, E ^b   Smeitink, J A M ^a   Morava, E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Katholisches Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial cardiomyopathy; Mitochondrial diseases; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HETEROPLASMY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION;

EID: 33947323155     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2006.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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