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Novel mutation of GATA4 gene in Kurdish population of Iran with nonsyndromic congenital heart septals defects.
Congenital heart disease - 1 Mar 2018
Soheili Fariborz, Jalili Zahra, Rahbar Mahtab, Khatooni Zahed, Mashayekhi Amir, Jafari Hossein
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BACKGROUND: The mutations in GATA4 gene induce inherited atrial and ventricular septation defects, which is the most frequent forms of congenital heart defects (CHDs) constituting about half of all cases. METHOD: We have performed High resolution melting (HRM) mutation scanning of GATA4 coding exons of nonsyndrome 100 patients as a case group including 39 atrial septal defects (ASD), 57 ventricular septal defects...
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