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Genetic diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using mass spectrometry DNA arrays and high resolution melting.
Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology - 1 Jan 2011
Santos Susana, Lança Vasco, Oliveira Helena, Branco Patrícia, Silveira Leonor, Marques Vanda, Brito Dulce, Madeira Hugo, Bicho Manuel, Fernandes Alexandra R
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INTRODUCTION: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a complex myocardial disorder with an autosomal dominant genetic pattern and prevalence of 1:500, is the most frequent cause of sudden death in apparently healthy young people. The benefits of gene-based diagnosis of HCME for both basic research and clinical medicine are limited by the considerable costs of current genetic testing due to the large number of genes...
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