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Genetic screening and double mutation in Japanese patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Jan 2011
Kubo Toru, Kitaoka Hiroaki, Okawa Makoto, Baba Yuichi, Hirota Takayoshi, Hayato Kayo, Yamasaki Naohito, Matsumura Yoshihisa, Otsuka Haruna, Arimura Takuro, Kimura Akinori, Doi Yoshinori L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a primary myocardial disorder with an autosomal-dominant pattern of inheritance mainly caused by single heterozygous mutations in sarcomere genes. Although multiple gene mutations have recently been reported in Western countries, clinical implications of multiple mutations in Japanese subjects are not clear. METHODS AND RESULTS: A comprehensive genetic analysis of...
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