Cardiac involvement in a female carrier of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-305

  Walcher, Thomas ^a   Kunze, Markus ^a   Steinbach, Peter ^a   Sperfeld, Anne Dorte ^a   Burgstahler, Christof ^b   Hombach, Vinzenz ^a   Torzewski, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Heart failure; Magnetic resonance imaging; Moleculargenetic analysis; Myocardial biopsy

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PREDNISOLONE; UTROPHIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DMD GENE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOCARDITIS; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DYSTROPHIN; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE;

EID: 74449091265     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.084     Document Type: Article

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