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Prevalence of sequence variants in the RAS-mitogen activated protein kinase signaling pathway in pre-adolescent children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Jun 2012
Kaski Juan Pablo, Syrris Petros, Shaw Adam, Alapi Krisztina Zuborne, Cordeddu Viviana, Esteban Maria Teresa Tome, Jenkins Sharon, Ashworth Michael, Hammond Peter, Tartaglia Marco, McKenna William J, Elliott Perry M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Most cases of apparently idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in children are caused by mutations in cardiac sarcomere protein genes. HCM also commonly occurs as an associated feature in some patients with disorders caused by mutations in genes encoding components of the RAS-mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway. Although diagnosis of these disorders is based on typical...
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