Copyright © 2001 by the European Society of Cardiology.
Letters to the Editor
Molecular analysis of connexin 40 in the familial form of atrial fibrillation
Quebec Heart Institute, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
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