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Noncompaction cardiomyopathy in an infant with Walker-Warburg syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Nov 2017
Abdullah Sarah, Hawkins Cynthia, Wilson Gregory, Yoon Grace, Mertens Luc, Carter Melissa T, Guerin Andrea
Abstract excerpt
Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) is a rare autosomal recessive, congenital muscular dystrophy that is associated with brain and eye anomalies. Several genes encoding proteins involved in α-dystroglycan glycosylation have been implicated in the aetiology of WWS. We describe a patient with nonclassical features of WWS presenting with heart failure related to noncompaction cardiomyopathy resulting in death at 4 months...
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