Cardiac involvement determines the prognosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy [3]

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-

  Finsterer, Josef ^a   Stöllberger, Claudia ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PROGNOSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947724639     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0021-2     Document Type: Letter

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