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Utility of genetic screening in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: prevalence and significance of novel and double (homozygous and heterozygous) beta-myosin mutations.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2003
Mohiddin Saidi A, Begley David A, McLam Elisha, Cardoso John-Paul, Winkler Judith B, Sellers James R, Fananapazir Lameh
Abstract excerpt
Genetic screening of the beta-myosin heavy chain gene (MYH7) was evaluated in 100 consecutive unrelated patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and 200 normal unrelated subjects. Seventeen beta-myosin mutations were identified in 19 patients. Notably, 13, or 76%, were novel. Mutations were detected in both alleles in two patients: homozygous for Lys207Gln in one, and heterozygous for Pro211 Leu and...
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