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Frédérique Tesson
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Somatic mutations in the connexin 40 gene (GJA5) in atrial fibrillation.
The New England journal of medicine · 2006
1 publications.
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Somatic mutations in the connexin 40 gene (GJA5) in atrial fibrillation.
Gollob MH, Jones DL, Krahn AD, Danis L, Gong XQ, Shao Q, Liu X, Veinot JP, Tang AS, Stewart AF, Tesson F, Klein GJ, Yee R, Skanes AC, Guiraudon GM, Ebihara L, Bai D
The New England journal of medicine2006
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