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Characterization of the canine desmin (DES) gene and evaluation as a candidate gene for dilated cardiomyopathy in the Dobermann.
Gene - 13 Oct 2004
Stabej Polona, Imholz Sandra, Versteeg Serge A, Zijlstra Carla, Stokhof Arnold A, Domanjko-Petric Aleksandra, Leegwater Peter A J, van Oost Bernard A
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Canine-dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs is a disease of the myocardium associated with dilatation and impaired contraction of the ventricles and is suspected to have a genetic cause. A missense mutation in the desmin gene (DES) causes DCM in a human family. Human DCM closely resembles the can...
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