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Nemaline cardiomyopathy in a young adult: an ultraimmunohistochemical study and review of the literature.
Ultrastructural pathology - 1 Jan 2000
Müller-Höcker J, Schäfer S, Mendel B, Lochmüller H, Pongratz D
Abstract excerpt
Heart transplantation was performed in a 26-year-old man who suffered from severe dilatative cardiomyopathy. A nemaline myopathy characterized by the accumulation of Z-line material and the formation of rod-like structures had been diagnosed in the skeletal muscle. Routine light microscopy of the heart disclosed only nonspecific findings. On electron microscopy scattered cardiomyocytes showed formations of...
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