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European Heart Journal 2002 23(24):1972-1974; doi:10.1053/euhj.2002.3388
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Letters to the Editor

The need for European Registries in inherited cardiomyopathies

E. Arbustinia, F. Cecchib, O. Dubourgc, M. Frenneauxd, A. Kerene, U. Khulf, B. Maischg, P. Richardsonh, P. Seferovici and M. Tenderaj

a Molecular Diagnostic, Cardiovascular and Transplant Pathology Lab., Transplant Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
b Cardiology, Careggi Hospital, Firenze, Italy
c Cardiology, Hospital St Lapitriere, Paris, France
d University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, U.K.
e Bikur Cholim Hospital and Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
f Department of Cardiology and Pneumonology, University Hospital - Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
g Universitz of Marburg, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Marburg, Germany
h King's College Hospital, University of London, London, U.K.
i Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, University Medical Center, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
j 3rd Department of Cardiology, Silesian Medical Academy, Katowice, Poland

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