Heart Transplantation in Patients With Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy: Case Reports

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3538-3540

  Dell'Amore, A ^a   Botta, L ^a   Martin Suarez, S ^a   Lo Forte, A ^a   Mikus, E ^a   Camurri, N ^a   Ortelli, L ^a   Arpesella, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, EMERY-DREIFUSS;

EID: 37049025556     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.06.076     Document Type: Article

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