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Investigation of somatic NKX2-5, GATA4 and HAND1 mutations in patients with tetralogy of Fallot.
Pathology - 1 Jun 2011
Wang Jian, Lu Yanan, Chen Huiwen, Yin Minzhi, Yu Tingting, Fu Qihua
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AIMS: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common type of congenital heart disease (CHD). Several genes essential for heart development have been identified. In recent years, there have been a few reports of the high frequency of somatic mutation in the heart tissues of CHD patients. The majority of findings were reported by the same investigators using formalin fixed tissues. In this study, we investigate the...
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