Article
Wide spectrum of desmosomal mutations in Danish patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Nov 2010
Christensen A H, Benn M, Bundgaard H, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Haunso S, Svendsen J H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a lethal condition characterised by ventricular tachyarrhythmias, right and/or left ventricular involvement and fibrofatty infiltrations in the myocardium. The disease has been associated with mutations in genes encoding desmosomal proteins. OBJECTIVE: To thoroughly evaluate an ARVC cohort for desmosomal mutations and large genomic...
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