Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis associated with the expression of a splice variant coding for a truncated BTNL2 protein

Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-121

  Meyer, Thomas ^a   Lauschke, Jörg ^a   Ruppert, Volker ^a   Richter, Anette ^a   Pankuweit, Sabine ^a   Maisch, Bernhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BTNL2; Genotyping; Granuloma; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; GENE PRODUCT; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN BTNL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BTNL2 GENE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; GRANULOMA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SARCOIDOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MYOCARDIUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SARCOIDOSIS; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 37849001738     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000105552     Document Type: Article

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