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Theme: Pediatric & Geriatric Cardiology - Review

Management and therapy for cardiomyopathy in Friedreich’s ataxia

David R Lynch Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. [email protected]
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Sean R Regner Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Kimberly A Schadt Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Lisa S Friedman Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Kimberly Y Lin Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Martin G St John Sutton Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pages 767-777 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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