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Differences in clinical expression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with two distinct mutations in the beta-myosin heavy chain gene. A 908Leu----Val mutation and a 403Arg----Gln mutation.
Circulation - 1 Aug 1992
Epstein N D, Cohn G M, Cyran F, Fananapazir L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The disease gene for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has been identified as the beta-myosin heavy chain (beta-MHC) gene in some HCM families. We describe extensive clinical evaluations in two kindreds with two distinct point mutations in the beta-MHC gene. METHODS AND RESULTS: We used single-strand confirmation polymorphism (SSCP) gel analysis of polymerase chain reaction-amplified products...
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