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Atrial natriuretic peptide gene polymorphism is not associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Chinese medical journal - 20 Jan 2010
Xue Hao, Wang Hu, Wang Xiao-jian, Sun Kai, Wang Shu-xia, Song Xiao-dong, Hui Ru-tai
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BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a primary autosomal dominant inheritant myocardial disease with heterogeneity in clinical manifestations, natural history and prognosis. Even carrying an identical gene mutation among family members, a variety of clinical phenotypes have been found in patients with HCM. Modifier genes may contribute to the diversity. The plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptides...
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