Long QT syndrome: A double hit hurts more

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1419-1420

  Wilde, Arthur A M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77957265907     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.06.027     Document Type: Editorial

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