Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: A 'final common pathway' that defines clinical phenotype

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 529-530

  Vatta, Matteo ^a   Marcus, Frank ^b   Towbin, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN 2;

BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESMOSOME; EDITORIAL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DESMOGLEIN 2; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 34548451105     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl530     Document Type: Editorial

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