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Usefulness of immunostaining for plakoglobin as a diagnostic marker of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
The American journal of cardiology - 15 Jan 2012
Munkholm Julie, Christensen Alex H, Svendsen Jesper H, Andersen Claus B
Abstract excerpt
The clinical diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is often challenging due to phenotypic variation, reduced/age-related penetrance, and lack of a diagnostic test. A single report has suggested quantitative myocardial immunoanalysis for the desmosomal protein plakoglobin as a diagnostic test with high sensitivity and specificity. We performed immunohistochemistry for plakoglobin and...
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