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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia: a not so rare "disease of the desmosome" with multiple clinical presentations.
Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society - 1 Mar 2009
Herren Thomas, Gerber Philipp A, Duru Firat
Abstract excerpt
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) is a rare but increasingly recognized form of a cardiomyopathy, involving primarily the right ventricle. Mutations in seven candidate genes coding for five desmosomal proteins (plakoglobin, plakophilin-2, desmoplakin, desmoglein-2, desmocollin-2), for the cardiac ryanodine receptor-2, for the transforming growth factor beta-3, and for the...
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