Noncompaction of the left ventricle: Primary cardiomyopathy with an elusive genetic etiology

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 619-627

  Zaragoza, Michael V ^a,c   Arbustini, Eloisa ^b   Narula, Jagat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiomyopathies; Congestive; Heart diseases; Heart failure; Heart ventricles

Indexed keywords

BARTH SYNDROME; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHROMOSOME; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 36349024609     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3282f1ecbc     Document Type: Review

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