Cardiac sarcoidosis associated with BTNL2

Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-77

  Becker, Christian D ^a   Sridhar, Padma ^a   Iannuzzi, Michael C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BTNL2 PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 57149086076     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000139955     Document Type: Letter

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