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Beta-myosin heavy chain gene mutations and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Austrian children.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Jan 2001
Greber-Platzer S, Marx M, Fleischmann C, Suppan C, Dobner M, Wimmer M
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy occurs in two variants, either as an autosomal dominant familial disorder or as a sporadic disease without familial involvement. Different genes coding sarcomeric proteins of the heart have been identified as causing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Missense mutations in the cardiac beta-myosin heavy chain gene are found in 30% of all cases of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We...
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