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Severe disease expression of cardiac troponin C and T mutations in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 16 Nov 2004
Mogensen Jens, Murphy Ross T, Shaw Tony, Bahl Ajay, Redwood Charles, Watkins Hugh, Burke Margaret, Elliott Perry M, McKenna William J
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OBJECTIVES: We performed genetic investigations of cardiac troponin T (TNNT2) and troponin C (TNNC1) in 235 consecutive patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) to evaluate prevalence of mutations and associated disease expression in affected families. BACKGROUND: Recently, mutations in sarcomeric genes have been reported in DCM. However, the prevalence, penetrance, and clinical significance of...
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