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Dilated cardiomyopathy in patients with mutations in anoctamin 5.
International journal of cardiology - 20 Sept 2013
Wahbi K, Béhin A, Bécane H M, Leturcq F, Cossée M, Laforêt P, Stojkovic T, Carlier P, Toussaint M, Gaxotte V, Cluzel P, Eymard B, Duboc D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Homozygous mutations in ANO5, a gene encoding anoctamin 5, a putative calcium-activated chloride channel, have recently been reported in patients with adult-onset myopathies or isolated high-CK levels. Cardiomyopathy has not previously been reported in these populations despite a proven expression of anoctamin 5 in the cardiac muscle. METHODS: Patients presenting for the management of high-CK levels...
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