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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: low frequency of mutations in the beta-myosin heavy chain (MYH7) and cardiac troponin T (TNNT2) genes among Spanish patients.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Aug 2003
García-Castro Mónica, Reguero Julián R, Batalla Alberto, Díaz-Molina Beatriz, González Pelayo, Alvarez Victoria, Cortina Arturo, Cubero Gustavo I, Coto Eliecer
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the cardiac beta-myosin heavy chain (MYH7) and cardiac troponin T (TNNT2) genes are reportedly responsible for up to 40% of familial cases with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC). Although there are no mutational hotspots, most of the mutations are located in specific exons of the MYH7 and TNNT2 genes. Currently it is not possible to predict the phenotype in carriers of mutations in these...
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