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Gender differences in the clinical features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by cardiac myosin-binding protein C gene mutations.
Journal of cardiology - 1 May 2015
Terauchi Yasunobu, Kubo Toru, Baba Yuichi, Hirota Takayoshi, Tanioka Katsutoshi, Yamasaki Naohito, Furuno Takashi, Kitaoka Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although gender may be one of the important factors modifying phenotypic expression in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), there has been little information on it. METHODS AND RESULTS: We investigated gender differences in the clinical features of HCM caused by cardiac myosin-binding protein C gene (MYBPC3) mutations. Sixty-one subjects (28 families) carrying MYBPC3 mutations were studied. Of the 61...
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