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Cardiac troponin T mutation in familial cardiomyopathy with variable remodeling and restrictive physiology.
Clinical genetics - 1 Nov 2008
Menon S C, Michels V V, Pellikka P A, Ballew J D, Karst M L, Herron K J, Nelson S M, Rodeheffer R J, Olson T M
Abstract excerpt
We identified a unique family with autosomal dominant heart disease variably expressed as restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and sought to identify the molecular defect that triggered divergent remodeling pathways. Polymorphic DNA markers for nine sarcomeric genes for DCM and/or HCM were tested for segregation with disease. Linkage to eight genes...
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