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NKX2.5 mutations in patients with congenital heart disease.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 5 Nov 2003
McElhinney Doff B, Geiger Elizabeth, Blinder Joshua, Benson D Woodrow, Goldmuntz Elizabeth
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OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to estimate the frequency of NKX2.5 mutations in specific cardiovascular anomalies and investigate genotype-phenotype correlations in individuals with NKX2.5 mutations. BACKGROUND: Recent reports have implicated mutations in the transcription factor NKX2.5 as a cause of various congenital heart defects (CHD). METHODS: We tested genomic deoxyribonucleic acid from 608...
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