Cardiac ion channel gene mutations in Greek long QT syndrome patients

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 515-518

  Kotta, C M ^a   Anastasakis, A ^a   Gatzoulis, K ^a   Papagiannis, J ^b   Geleris, P ^c   Stefanadis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Maternity and Children's Hospital   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Genetic testing; Long QT syndrome; Mutations; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649798310     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03208882     Document Type: Article

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