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Mutations profile in Chinese patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Jan 2005
Song Lei, Zou Yubao, Wang Jizheng, Wang Zhimin, Zhen Yisong, Lou Kejia, Zhang Qian, Wang Xiaojian, Wang Hu, Li Jia, Hui Rutai
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There are more than 1 million patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in China, but the genetic basis is presently unknown. METHODS: We investigated 100 independent patients with HCM (proband 51, sporadic 49) by sequencing the three most frequent HCM-causing genes (MYH7, MYBPC3, TNNT2). RESULTS: Thirty-four patients (34%) carried 25 types of mutations in the selected genes, most (14/25) were...
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