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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 48-49 |
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Carvajal syndrome: A variant of Naxos disease in two Saudi siblings
Yusuf Parvez1, Abdul Aziz Al-Hassan2
1 Al-Jahra Hospital, Kuwait
2 Domat-Al Jandal Hospital, Al-Jouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Yusuf Parvez
Dubai Hospital, P.O. Box 7272, Dubai, UAE
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DOI: 10.4103/2348-0149.123964
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Naxos disease is a recessively inherited condition characterized by woolly hair, palmoplantar keratosis and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. A variant of this predominantly involving left ventricle has been termed as Carvajal Syndrome. We report two cases in a Saudi family admitted in our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. |
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