Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in a 31-year-old woman presenting as biventricular heart failure with restrictive features

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-48

  Fealey, Michael E ^a   Edwards, William D ^a   Grogan, Martha ^a   Orszulak, Thomas A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiac storage disease; Heart failure; Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, RESTRICTIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONAL CEROID-LIPOFUSCINOSES; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 57049158741     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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