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Gene mutations in adult Japanese patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Feb 2005
Shimizu Masami, Ino Hidekazu, Yasuda Toshihiko, Fujino Noboru, Uchiyama Katsuharu, Mabuchi Tomohito, Konno Tetsuo, Kaneda Tomoya, Fujita Takashi, Masuta Eiichi, Katoh Masahiro, Funada Akira, Mabuchi Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Some patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) have mutations of the genes that encode sarcomeric or cytoskeletal proteins of cardiomyocytes, but the prevalence of these mutations in Japan remains unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS: A group of 99 unrelated adult patients with DCM (familial n=27, sporadic n=72) were screened for the following genes: cardiac beta-myosin heavy chain, cardiac myosin-binding...
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