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Novel Mutation in FLNC (Filamin C) Causes Familial Restrictive Cardiomyopathy.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Dec 2017
Tucker Nathan R, McLellan Micheal A, Hu Dongjian, Ye Jiangchuan, Parsons Victoria A, Mills Robert W, Clauss Sebastian, Dolmatova Elena, Shea Marisa A, Milan David J, Scott Nandita S, Lindsay Mark, Lubitz Steven A, Domian Ibrahim J, Stone James R, Lin Honghuang, Ellinor Patrick T
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BACKGROUND: Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is a rare cardiomyopathy characterized by impaired diastolic ventricular function resulting in a poor clinical prognosis. Rarely, heritable forms of RCM have been reported, and mutations underlying RCM have been identified in genes that govern the contractile function of the cardiomyocytes. METHODS AND RESULTS: We evaluated 8 family members across 4 generations by...
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