Association of rs2200733 at 4q25 with atrial flutter/fibrillation diseases in an Italian population

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1394-1396

  Anselmi, C Viviani ^a   Novelli, V ^a   Roncarati, R ^a   Malovini, A ^a,b   Bellazzi, R ^b   Bronzini, R ^a   Marchese, G ^a   Condorelli, G ^a   Montenero, A S ^a   Puca, A A ^a  

^a IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 54349123606     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.148544     Document Type: Article

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