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Heart involvement in lamin A/C related diseases.
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux - 1 Sept 2006
Ben Yaou R, Gueneau L, Demay L, Stora S, Chikhaoui K, Richard P, Bonne G
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The LMNA gene encodes lamins A and C, components of the nuclear envelope. Its mutations cause a wide range of diseases named laminopathies involving either specific tissues in isolated fashion (cardiac and skeletal muscles, peripheral nerve, adipose tissue) or several tissues in a generalized way (premature ageing syndromes and related disorders). The striated muscle laminopathies include a variety of well...
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