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[Apical left ventricular aneurysm without atrio-ventricular block due to a lamin A/C gene mutation].
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux - 1 Jan 2005
Forissier J E, Bonne G, Bouchier C, Duboscq-Bidot L, Richard P, Briault S, Moraine C, Dubourg O, Schwartz K, Komajda M
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Mutations in LMNA gene encoding two ubiquitously expressed nuclear proteins, lamins A and C, give rise to up to 7 different pathologies affecting specific tissues. Three of these disorders affect cardiac and/or skeletal muscles with atrio-ventricular conduction disturbances, dilated cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac death as common features. RESULTS: A new LMNA mutation (1621C>T, R541C) was found in...
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