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Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals Hot Spots and Doubly Heterozygous Mutations in Chinese Patients with Familial Cardiomyopathy.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2015
Zhao Yue, Feng Yue, Zhang Yun-Mei, Ding Xiao-Xue, Song Yu-Zhu, Zhang A-Mei, Liu Li, Zhang Hong, Ding Jia-Huan, Xia Xue-Shan
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As a common cardiac disease mainly caused by gene mutations in sarcomeric cytoskeletal, calcium-handling, nuclear envelope, desmosomal, and transcription factor genes, inherited cardiomyopathy is becoming one of the major etiological factors of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and heart failure (HF). This disease is characterized by remarkable genetic heterogeneity, which makes it difficult to screen for pathogenic...
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