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Familial dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to dystrophin splice site mutation.
Journal of cardiac failure - 1 Mar 2010
Obler Dita, Wu Bai-Lin, Lip Va, Estrella Elicia, Keck Sally, Haggan Coral, Semigran Marc, Smoot Leslie B
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BACKGROUND: Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) encompasses a heterogeneous group of disorders, posing significant diagnostic challenges. Genetic etiologies underlie an important subset of DCM, including 20 genes and 5 X-linked disorders to date. We report a family with a rare dystrophin gene alteration, identified after evaluation of asymptomatic children whose extended family history included...
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