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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Caused by a Deletion in Plakoglobin (Naxos Disease)

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  1. Yannis Protonotarios Medical Centre of Naxos, Hora Naxos, Naxos, 84300, Greece

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  2. Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, 114 Vas.Sofias Ave, Athens, 11527, Greece

    Nikos I. Protonotarios & Kostas A. Gatzoulis

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Protonotarios, N.I., Tsatsopoulou, A.A. & Gatzoulis, K.A. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Caused by a Deletion in Plakoglobin (Naxos Disease). Card Electrophysiol Rev 6, 72–80 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017943323473

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