PKP2 mutations in sudden death from arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and sudden unexpected death with negative autopsy (SUDNA)

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-194

  Zhang, Mingchang ^a,b,e   Tavora, Fabio ^c,f   Oliveira, Joao Bosco ^b   Li, Ling ^a,d,e   Franco, Marcello ^a,f   Fowler, David ^a,d,e   Zhao, Ziqin ^a   Burke, Allen ^a,e  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Messejana Heart and Lung Hospital   (Brazil)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Desmosome; Negative autopsy; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEART; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PLAKOPHILIN 2 GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH WITH NEGATIVE AUTOPSY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; AUTOPSY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DESMOSOMES; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUTATION; PLAKOPHILINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84255168588     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-0747     Document Type: Article

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