Mortality in Friedreich's ataxia [3]

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 502-503

  Lynch, David R ^a   Farmer, Jennifer M ^a   Wilson, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CORONARY DISEASE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 37749008186     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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