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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy due to a novel plakophilin 2 mutation: wide spectrum of disease in mutation carriers within a family.
Heart rhythm - 1 Aug 2006
Kannankeril Prince J, Bhuiyan Zahurul A, Darbar Dawood, Mannens Marcel M A M, Wilde Arthur A M, Roden Dan M
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BACKGROUND: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a familial disease, with male preponderance, characterized by progressive fibrofatty replacement of the right ventricle and ventricular arrhythmias. Mutations in plakophilin-2 (PKP2), a desmosomal protein, have been reported to...
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