Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 33-38 , September 2007

Predictive genetic testing for cardiomyopathies

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☆ This work was supported in part by a grant from the Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation.

PII: S1058-9813(07)00003-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2007.05.002

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 33-38 , September 2007

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