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Mutational spectrum of the NKX2-5 gene in patients with lone atrial fibrillation.
International journal of medical sciences - 1 Jan 2014
Yu Hong, Xu Jia-Hong, Song Hao-Ming, Zhao Lan, Xu Wen-Jun, Wang Juan, Li Ruo-Gu, Xu Lei, Jiang Wei-Feng, Qiu Xing-Biao, Jiang Jin-Qi, Qu Xin-Kai, Liu Xu, Fang Wei-Yi, Jiang Jin-Fa, Yang Yi-Qing
Abstract excerpt
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of sustained cardiac arrhythmia in humans and is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. Emerging evidence indicates that abnormal cardiovascular development is involved in the pathogenesis of AF. In this study, the coding exons and splice sites of the NKX2-5 gene, which encodes a homeodomain-containing transcription factor essential for...
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