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Mutant desmocollin-2 causes arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2006
Heuser Arnd, Plovie Eva R, Ellinor Patrick T, Grossmann Katja S, Shin Jordan T, Wichter Thomas, Basson Craig T, Lerman Bruce B, Sasse-Klaassen Sabine, Thierfelder Ludwig, MacRae Calum A, Gerull Brenda
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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a genetically heterogeneous heart-muscle disorder characterized by progressive fibrofatty replacement of right ventricular myocardium and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. Mutations in desmosomal proteins that cause ARVC have been previously described; therefore, we investigated 88 unrelated patients with the disorder for mutations in human...
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