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Screening of 99 Danish patients with congenital heart disease for GATA4 mutations.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2006
Zhang Litu, Tümer Zeynep, Jacobsen Joes Ramsøe, Andersen Paal Skytt, Tommerup Niels, Larsen Lars Allan
Abstract excerpt
Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects nearly 1% of the population, but only few genes involved in human CHD are presently known. Germ-line mutations in the zinc finger transcription factor GATA4 have been associated with familial cases of atrial and ventricular septal defects and pulmonary stenosis. We have screened 99 unrelated Danish patients with different CHD phenotypes to evaluate the prevalence of GATA4...
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