Familial atrial septal defect in the oval fossa with progressive prolongation of the atrioventricular conduction caused by mutations in the NKX2.5 gene

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-44

  Bjørnstad, Per G ^a   Leren, Trond P ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Dominant inheritance; Familial occurrence; Genetics

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME 5Q; EXON; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PR INTERVAL;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 65749095189     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108003387     Document Type: Article

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