A colorful explanation for atrial arrhythmias

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-4

  Remo, Benjamin F ^a   Fishman, Glenn I ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MARKER; MELANIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FREE RADICALS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 74349087874     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00658.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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