Ultrastructural substrates

Arrhythmogenic RV Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia: Recent Advances

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 53-60

  Czarnowska, Elzbieta ^a   Della Barbera, Mila ^b   Thiene, Gaetano ^b   Valente, Marialuisa ^b   Basso, Cristina ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 84895244072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-0490-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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