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Structural analysis of obscurin gene in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 19 Oct 2007
Arimura Takuro, Matsumoto Yuji, Okazaki Osamu, Hayashi Takeharu, Takahashi Megumi, Inagaki Natsuko, Hinohara Kunihiko, Ashizawa Naoto, Yano Keisuke, Kimura Akinori
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a cardiac disease characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy with diastolic dysfunction. Molecular genetic studies have revealed that HCM is caused by mutations in genes for sarcomere/Z-band components including titin/connectin and its associate proteins. However, disease-causing mutations can be found in about half of the patients, suggesting that other disease-causing...
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