Mouse models in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 JUN, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lodder, Elisabeth M ^a   Rizzo, Stefania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal models; Arvc; Desmosomes; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866382582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00221     Document Type: Short Survey

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