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[Novel Val606Met mutation in beta myosin heavy chain gene in Chinese pedigrees with familiar hypertrophic cardiomyopathy].
Zhonghua xin xue guan bing za zhi - 1 Nov 2007
Tao Qin, Yang Jun-Hua, Zheng Dong-Dong
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To screen the disease-causing gene mutation in Chinese patients with familiar hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and to analyse the correlation between the genotype and phenotype. METHODS: Eight Chinese pedigrees with HCM and 80 age-matched normal control subjects were studied. The exons in the functional regions of the beta myosin heavy chain gene (beta-MHC) were amplified with PCR and the products...
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