Cardiac involvement in patients with lamin A/C gene mutations: A cohort observation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-192

  Carboni, Nicola ^a   Sardu, Claudia ^b   Cocco, Eleonora ^a   Marrosu, Giovanni ^a   Manzi, Rosa C ^c   Nissardi, Vincenzo ^d   Isola, Franco ^c   Mateddu, Anna ^a   Solla, Elisabetta ^a   Maioli, Maria A ^a   Oppo, Valentina ^a   Piras, Rachele ^a   Coghe, Giancarlo ^a   Lai, Carlo ^c   Marrosu, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Policlinico di Monserrato   (Italy)

^c SS Trinit Hospital   (Italy)

^d University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac involvement; Cardiomyopathy; Gene mutation; Lamin A C; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

LAMIN A; LAMIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMIN TYPE A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 84864010154     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23294     Document Type: Article

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