Sudden death during exercise in a juvenile with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and desmoglein-2 gene substitution: A case report

Legal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 298-300

  Sato, Takako ^a   Nishio, Hajime ^b   Suzuki, Koichi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Forensic pathology; Genetic disease; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DESMOGLEIN 2; EXERCISE; FATAL OUTCOME; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 80054868140     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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