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Cardiac troponin T lysine 210 deletion in a family with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Journal of cardiac failure - 1 Feb 2002
Hanson Emily L, Jakobs Petra M, Keegan Hugh, Coates Kelly, Bousman Sylvia, Dienel Nicholas H, Litt Michael, Hershberger Ray E
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BACKGROUND: The gene for cardiac troponin T (TNNT2) is 1 of 7 autosomal disease genes implicated in familial dilated cardiomyopathy (FDC). Identical deletions in exon 13 of TNNT2 have been reported in 2 families with FDC, but little is known about the frequency of this deletion among patients with FDC and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) and the associated phenotype. METHODS AND RESULTS: Exon 13 of the...
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