Genetics of lone atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1351-1352

  Koopmann, Tamara T ^a,b,c   Bezzina, Connie R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE5; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.5; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EDITORIAL; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; PATHOGENESIS; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONNEXINS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MUTATION, MISSENSE;

EID: 77957741712     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq323     Document Type: Editorial

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