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A de novo mutation of the beta cardiac myosin heavy chain gene in an infantile restrictive cardiomyopathy.
Congenital heart disease - 1 Jan 2000
Karam Simon, Raboisson Marie-Josée, Ducreux Corinne, Chalabreysse Lara, Millat Gilles, Bozio André, Bouvagnet Patrice
Abstract excerpt
Here we report the first pediatric case of restrictive cardiomyopathy secondary to a de novo mutation in the cardiac myosin heavy chain gene MYH7. The clinical course is characterized by an early onset of disease, mild hypertrophy of the left ventricle and a very short evolution to death. Because of the location of the mutation in the hinge region between the rod part and the globular head of the myosin molecule,...
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