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DNA analysis in inherited cardiomyopathies: current status and clinical relevance.
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE - 1 Feb 2008
van Spaendonck-Zwarts Karin Y, van den Berg Maarten P, van Tintelen J Peter
Abstract excerpt
Most hypertrophic cardiomyopathies and a subset of dilated and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathies are familial diseases. They generally show an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance and have underlying mutations in genes encoding sarcomeric, cytoskeletal, nuclear envelope, and desmosomal proteins. DNA analysis in cardiomyopathies can help diagnose borderline cases, and cascade screening of...
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