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Novel and highly lethal NKX2.5 missense mutation in a family with sudden death and ventricular arrhythmia.
Pediatric cardiology - 1 Oct 2014
Perera Jennifer L, Johnson Nicole M, Judge Daniel P, Crosson Jane E
Abstract excerpt
To date, several disease-related mutations in NKX2-5, a cardiac-specific homeobox gene, have been documented in patients with a variety of congenital heart diseases (CHDs). The most commonly reported phenotypes are secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) and atrioventricular conduction disease (AVCD). Reports of sudden cardiac death (SCD) have been attributed to progressive conduction disease preventable with...
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