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Novel NKX2-5 mutations in patients with familial atrial septal defects.
Pediatric cardiology - 1 Feb 2011
Liu Xing-Yuan, Wang Juan, Yang Yi-Qing, Zhang Yang-Yang, Chen Xiao-Zhong, Zhang Wei, Wang Xiao-Zhou, Zheng Jing-Hao, Chen Yi-Han
Abstract excerpt
Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a common cardiovascular malformation and an important contributor to substantial morbidity and mortality. Increasing evidence demonstrates that mutated NKX2-5, a gene encoding a homeobox transcription factor crucial to cardiogenesis, is a significant genetic determin...
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