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Comprehensive desmosome mutation analysis in north americans with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Oct 2009
den Haan A Dénise, Tan Boon Yew, Zikusoka Michelle N, Lladó Laura Ibañez, Jain Rahul, Daly Amy, Tichnell Crystal, James Cynthia, Amat-Alarcon Nuria, Abraham Theodore, Russell Stuart D, Bluemke David A, Calkins Hugh, Dalal Darshan, Judge Daniel P
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BACKGROUND: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is an inherited disorder typically caused by mutations in components of the cardiac desmosome. The prevalence and significance of desmosome mutations among patients with ARVD/C in North America have not been described previously. We report comprehensive desmosome genetic analysis for 100 North Americans with clinically confirmed or...
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