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Danon's disease as a cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a systematic survey.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Aug 2004
Charron P, Villard E, Sébillon P, Laforêt P, Maisonobe T, Duboscq-Bidot L, Romero N, Drouin-Garraud V, Frébourg T, Richard P, Eymard B, Komajda M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an autosomal dominant disease caused by mutations in sarcomeric genes. However, extensive genetic screening failed to identify a mutation in about a third of cases. One possible explanation is that other diseases, caused by other genes, may mimic HCM. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible involvement of Danon's disease, an X linked lysosomal disease, in a large...
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