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Comprehensive mutation scanning of LMNA in 268 patients with lone atrial fibrillation.
The American journal of cardiology - 15 May 2009
Brauch Katharine M, Chen Lin Y, Olson Timothy M
Abstract excerpt
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a heritable, genetically heterogeneous disorder. To identify gene defects that cause or confer susceptibility to AF, a cohort of 268 unrelated patients with idiopathic forms of familial and sporadic AF was recruited. LMNA, encoding the nuclear membrane proteins, lamin A/C, was selected as a candidate gene for lone AF based on its established association with a syndrome of dilated...
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