The Quest for the Identification of Genetic Variants in Unexplained Cardiac Arrest and Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Postema, Pieter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMAPHORIN 3A;

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; PATHOGENESIS; SEMA3A GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SUDDEN DEATH; UNEXPLAINED CARDIAC ARREST;

GENETIC VARIATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MUTATION; SEMAPHORIN-3A; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84876818462     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003480     Document Type: Article

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