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Multiple pathogenetic mechanisms in X linked dilated cardiomyopathy.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Aug 2004
Cohen N, Muntoni F
Abstract excerpt
X linked dilated cardiomyopathy is a familial disease that is allelic to Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies and caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. In several families with X linked dilated cardiomyopathy, the pattern of expression of dystrophin mutations in cardiac muscle differs from that in skeletal muscle. A number of these mutations affect transcription and splicing of the dystrophin gene in a...
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