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Novel desmoplakin mutation: juvenile biventricular cardiomyopathy with left ventricular non-compaction and acantholytic palmoplantar keratoderma.
Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society - 1 Dec 2011
Williams Tatjana, Machann Wolfram, Kühler Leif, Hamm Henning, Müller-Höcker Josef, Zimmer Michael, Ertl Georg, Ritter Oliver, Beer Meinrad, Schönberger Jost
Abstract excerpt
Two sons of a consanguineous marriage developed biventricular cardiomyopathy. One boy died of severe heart failure at the age of 6 years, the other was transplanted because of severe heart failure at the age of 10 years. In addition, focal palmoplantar keratoderma and woolly hair were apparent in both boys. As similar phenotypes have been described in Naxos disease and Carvajal syndrome, respectively, the genes...
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