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A new mutational mechanism for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Gene - 10 Oct 2012
Pezzoli Laura, Sana Maria Elena, Ferrazzi Paolo, Iascone Maria
Abstract excerpt
We describe a male patient affected by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with no point mutations in the eight sarcomeric genes most commonly involved in the disease. By multiple ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) we have identified a multi-exons C-terminus deletion in the cardiac myosin binding protein C (MYBPC3) gene. The rearrangement has been confirmed by long PCR and breakpoints have been defined...
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