Mutations in the cardiac Troponin C gene are a cause of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 675-677

  Kaski, Juan Pablo ^a   Burch, Michael ^a   Elliott, Perry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Paediatrics; Sarcomere protein gene

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; TROPONIN C;

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DNA ISOLATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKINESIA; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; PEDIGREE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPONIN C;

EID: 34748913759     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107001291     Document Type: Article

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