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Pediatric Cardiology
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology 7/2015

01-10-2015 | Letter To The Editor

Consider a Nongenetic Pathogenesis of Noncompaction

Authors: Josef Finsterer, Sinda Zarrouk-Mahjoub

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 7/2015

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With interest we read the article by Ting et al. [6] about two patients with the 1p36 microdeletion syndrome and left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction (LVHT). We have the following comments and concerns. …
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Metadata
Title
Consider a Nongenetic Pathogenesis of Noncompaction
Authors
Josef Finsterer
Sinda Zarrouk-Mahjoub
Publication date
01-10-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 7/2015
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-015-1253-y

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