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Phospholamban gene mutations are not associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in patients from southern Poland.
Kardiologia polska - 1 Jan 2011
Petkow-Dimitrow Paweł, Kieć-Wilk Beata, Kwaśniak Małgorzata, Mikołajczyk Magdalena, Dembińska-Kieć Aldona
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disease. The role of phospholamban (PLN) gene mutations is the development of HCM has not been established. AIM: To screen for PLN gene mutations in a group of HCM patients from the southern Poland. METHODS: We included 50 consecutive patients (31 males, mean age 42 ± 14 years) diagnosed with HCM on the basis of typical clinical, echocardiographic, and...
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