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Desmin mutations and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
The American journal of cardiology - 1 Feb 2013
Lorenzon Alessandra, Beffagna Giorgia, Bauce Barbara, De Bortoli Marzia, Li Mura Ilena E A, Calore Martina, Dazzo Emanuela, Basso Cristina, Nava Andrea, Thiene Gaetano, Rampazzo Alessandra
Abstract excerpt
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited heart muscle disease characterized by fibrofatty replacement of the myocardium and ventricular arrhythmias, associated with mutations in the desmosomal genes. Only a missense mutation in the DES gene coding for desmin, the intermediate filament protein expressed by cardiac and skeletal muscle cells, has been recently associated with ARVC. We...
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