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Transient third-degree atrioventricular block in a 4-year-old child with familial dysautonomia

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The case of a transient third degree atrioventricular block in a 4-year-old patient with familial dysautonomia is reported. A review of the literature follows with analysis of the significance of arrhythmias in the natural history of the patient with familial dysautonomia.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, New York University Medical Center, 560 First Avenue, Room 501, 10016, New York, New York, USA

    Monika Rutkowski, Felicia B. Axelrod & Delores Danilowicz

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Rutkowski, M., Axelrod, F.B. & Danilowicz, D. Transient third-degree atrioventricular block in a 4-year-old child with familial dysautonomia. Pediatr Cardiol 13, 184–186 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00793955

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