B-type natriuretic peptide and cardiac dysfunction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-391

  Mohyuddin, Tayyab ^a   Jacobs, Irwin B ^b   Bahler, Robert C ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B type natriuretic peptide; Cardiomyopathy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Echocardiography; Left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34250372217     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.163     Document Type: Article

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