Vasovagal syncope: State or trait?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-73

  Bizios, Anna Serletis ^a   Sheldon, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Family history; Genetics; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HEALTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 58149260239     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32831ba05f     Document Type: Review

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