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Peripartum cardiomyopathy as a part of familial dilated cardiomyopathy.
Circulation - 25 May 2010
van Spaendonck-Zwarts Karin Y, van Tintelen J Peter, van Veldhuisen Dirk J, van der Werf Rik, Jongbloed Jan D H, Paulus Walter J, Dooijes Dennis, van den Berg Maarten P
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BACKGROUND: Anecdotal cases of familial clustering of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and familial occurrences of PPCM and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) together have been observed, suggesting that genetic factors play a role in the pathogenesis of PPCM. We hypothesized that some cases...
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