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Natural history of Danon disease.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jun 2011
Boucek Dana, Jirikowic Jean, Taylor Matthew
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BACKGROUND: Danon disease is a rare but serious cardiac and skeletal myopathy leading to substantial morbidity and early mortality due to arrhythmia and cardiomyopathy. The X-linked nature of inheritance accounts for reported differences in phenotypic severity between men and women. The rarity of Danon disease has limited understanding of the complete phenotype. Clinical estimates of ages of disease onset and...
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