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Comprehensive analysis of desmosomal gene mutations in Han Chinese patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2015
Zhou Xiujuan, Chen Minglong, Song Hualian, Wang Benqi, Chen Hongwu, Wang Jing, Wang Wei, Feng Shangpeng, Zhang Fengxiang, Ju Weizhu, Li Mingfang, Gu Kai, Cao Kejiang, Wang Dao W, Yang Bing
Abstract excerpt
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a cardiomyopathy that primarily involves the right ventricle. Mutations in desmosomal genes have been associated with ARVC. But its prevalence and spectrum are much less defined in the Chinese population, especially Han Chinese, a majority ethnic group in China; also the genotype-phenotype correlation regarding left ventricular involvement is still poorly...
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