Cardiac transplantation in twins with autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 496-498

  Kichuk Chrisant, Maryanne R ^a,c   Drummond Webb, Jonathan ^a   Hallowell, Sara ^a   Friedman, Neil R ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; TWINS;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, EMERY-DREIFUSS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 85058720876     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(03)00225-0     Document Type: Article

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