Dystrophinopathy presenting with arrhythmia in an asymptomatic 34-year-old man: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wakefield, Seth E ^a   Dimberg, Elliot L ^b   Moore, Steven A ^c   Tseng, Brian S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA; DYSTROPHIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSTROPHINOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 72449126155     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1752-1947-3-8625     Document Type: Article

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