Clinical and Genetic Investigation of Atrial Septal Defect with Atrioventricular Conduction Defect in a Large Consanguineous Tunisian Family

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-433

  Nouira, Sonia ^a,b   Kamoun, Ikram ^b   Ouragini, Houyem ^a   Charfeddine, Cherine ^a   Mahjoub, Haifa ^b   Ouechtati, Farah ^a   Bchetnia, Mbarka ^a   Ben Halima, Afef ^b   Abdelhak, Sonia ^a   Kachboura, Salem ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b ABDERRAHMAN MAMI HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect (ASD); Conduction defect; Linkage analysis; NKX2 5; Preexcitation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART PREEXCITATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PR INTERVAL; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUNISIA;

EID: 41049101547     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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