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Maternally inherited cardiomyopathy: clinical and molecular characterization of a large kindred harboring the A4300G point mutation in mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 1 May 1999
Casali C, d'Amati G, Bernucci P, DeBiase L, Autore C, Santorelli F M, Coviello D, Gallo P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical and molecular features of a large family with maternally inherited cardiomyopathy (MICM). BACKGROUND: Recently, several mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (mtDNA) point mutations have been associated with MICM. However, the distinctive clinical and morphologic features of MICM are not fully appreciated. This is partially due to the small size of...
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