Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-51

  Ellinor, Patrick T ^a   Yi, B Alexander ^a   MacRae, Calum A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT QT INTERVAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549012857     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2007.09.005     Document Type: Review

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