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Loss of desmoplakin isoform I causes early onset cardiomyopathy and heart failure in a Naxos-like syndrome
1 Feb 2006
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BACKGROUND: Desmosomes are cellular junctions important for intercellular adhesion and anchoring the intermediate filament (IF) cytoskeleton to the cell membrane. Desmoplakin (DSP) is the most abundant desmosomal protein with 2 isoforms produced by alternative splicing. METHODS: We describe a patient with a recessively inherited arrhythmogenic dilated cardiomyopathy with left and right ventricular involvement,...
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