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Genotype-phenotype correlation between the cardiac myosin binding protein C mutation A31P and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a cohort of Maine Coon cats: a longitudinal study.
Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology - 1 Dec 2015
Granström S, Godiksen M T N, Christiansen M, Pipper C B, Martinussen T, Møgelvang R, Søgaard P, Willesen J L, Koch J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: A missense mutation (A31P) in the cardiac myosin binding protein C gene has been associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in Maine Coon cats. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of A31P on development of HCM, myocardial diastolic dysfunction detected by color tissue Doppler imaging and occurrence of cardiac death during longitudinal follow-up in a cohort of Maine Coon cats....
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