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The bovine dilated cardiomyopathy locus maps to a 1.0-Mb interval on chromosome 18.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Mar 2009
Owczarek-Lipska Marta, Denis Catherine, Eggen André, Leeb Tosso, Posthaus Horst, Dolf Gaudenz, Braunschweig Martin H
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Cardiomyopathies are myocardial diseases that lead to cardiac dysfunction, heart failure, arrhythmia, and sudden death. In human medicine, cardiomyopathies frequently warrant heart transplantation in children and adults. Bovine dilated cardiomyopathy (BDCMP) is a heart muscle disorder that has been observed during the last 30 years in cattle of Holstein-Friesian origin. In Switzerland BDCMP affects Swiss...
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