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Investigation of a family with autosomal dominant dilated cardiomyopathy defines a novel locus on chromosome 2q14-q22.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 1999
Jung M, Poepping I, Perrot A, Ellmer A E, Wienker T F, Dietz R, Reis A, Osterziel K J
Abstract excerpt
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a leading cause of heart failure and the most frequent indication for heart transplantation in young patients. Probably >25% of DCM cases are of familial etiology. We report here genetic localization in a three-generation German family with 12 affected individuals with autosomal dominant familial DCM characterized by ventricular dilatation, impaired systolic function, and...
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