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Somatic mutations in NKX2–5, GATA4, and HAND1 are not a common cause of tetralogy of Fallot or hypoplastic left heart.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2011
Esposito Giorgia, Butler Tanya L, Blue Gillian M, Cole Andrew D, Sholler Gary F, Kirk Edwin P, Grossfeld Paul, Perryman Benjamin M, Harvey Richard P, Winlaw David S
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The majority of congenital heart disease (CHD) occurs as a sporadic finding, with a minority of cases associated with a known genetic abnormality. Combinations of genetic and environmental factors are implicated, with the recent and intriguing hypothesis that an apparently high rate of somatic mutations might explain some sporadic CHD. We used samples of right ventricular myocardium from patients undergoing...
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