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A New Diagnostic Test for Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
11 Mar 2009
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BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) can be challenging because the clinical presentation is highly variable and genetic penetrance is often low. METHODS: To determine whether a change in the distribution of desmosomal proteins can be used as a sensitive and specific diagnostic test for ARVC, we performed immunohistochemical analysis of human myocardial samples....
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