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[Monogenic heart disease].
Medizinische Klinik (Munich, Germany : 1983) - 15 Mar 2008
Schönberger Jost, Ertl Georg
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of most cardiovascular disorders is multifactorial and incompletely understood. Besides genetic influences that often arise from multiple genetic loci, the specific nutritional and environmental influences do contribute to the dysfunctional development. Nevertheless, a rather small number of cardiovascular diseases exhibits Mendelian traits, since they are caused by a single gene defect. Examples...
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