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Prevalence and severity of "benign" mutations in the beta-myosin heavy chain, cardiac troponin T, and alpha-tropomyosin genes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Circulation - 10 Dec 2002
Van Driest Sara L, Ackerman Michael J, Ommen Steve R, Shakur Rameen, Will Melissa L, Nishimura Rick A, Tajik A Jamil, Gersh Bernard J
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BACKGROUND: Genotype-phenotype correlative studies have implicated 8 particular mutations that cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) as "benign defects," associated with near-normal survival: N232S, G256E, F513C, V606M, R719Q, and L908V of beta-myosin heavy chain (MYH7); S179F of troponin T (TNNT2); and D175N of alpha-tropomyosin (TPM1). Routine genetic screening of HCM patients for specific mutations is...
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