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Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in Spanish patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
International journal of cardiology - 20 Sept 2006
Castro Mónica G, Huerta Cecilia, Reguero Julián R, Soto María Isabel, Doménech Enric, Alvarez Victoria, Gómez-Zaera Montse, Nunes Virginia, González Pelayo, Corao Ana, Coto Eliecer
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Mutations in mtDNA have been implicated in the development of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), including cases from families with a maternal transmission. Alleles at several polymorphic sites in mtDNA define different haplogroups and some of these haplogroups have been involved in the risk of developing several diseases in which mitochondria should be involved. We analysed the association between the nine...
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