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A mutation in the X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy gene in a patient affected with conduction cardiomyopathy.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 May 2001
Vohanka S, Vytopil M, Bednarik J, Lukas Z, Kadanka Z, Schildberger J, Ricotti R, Bione S, Toniolo D
Abstract excerpt
A screening for mutation in the X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (X-EMD) gene was performed among patients affected with severe heart rhythm defects and/or dilated cardiomyopathy. Patients were selected from the database of the Department of Cardiology of the University Hospital Brno. One patient presented a mutation in the X-EMD gene and no emerin in his skeletal muscle. The patient had a severe...
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