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Infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with a novel MYL3 mutation.
Cardiology - 1 Jan 2013
Jay Allison, Chikarmane Rashmi, Poulik Janet, Misra Vinod K
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in genes encoding cardiac sarcomeric proteins are thought to be a very rare cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in infants and young children. We report on genetic and histopathological findings in a 3-month-old infant presenting with severe progressive HCM arising from a mutation in the gene encoding the essential light chain of myosin (MYL3). The patient was found to have a novel, paternally...
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