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Ion Channel Dysfunctions in Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine - 1 Mar 2018
El-Battrawy Ibrahim, Zhao Zhihan, Lan Huan, Li Xin, Yücel Gökhan, Lang Siegfried, Sattler Katherine, Schünemann Jan-Dierk, Zimmermann Wolfram-Hubertus, Cyganek Lukas, Utikal Jochen, Wieland Thomas, Bieback Karen, Bauer Ralf, Ratte Antonius, Pribe-Wolferts Regina, Rapti Kleopatra, Nowak Daniel, Wittig Janina, Thomas Dierk, Most Patrick, Katus Hugo A, Ravens Ursula, Schmidt Constanze, Borggrefe Martin, Zhou Xiao-Bo, Müller Oliver J, Akin Ibrahim
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) are a heritable group of genetically determined disorders with a primary involvement of the pelvic or shoulder girdle musculature with partially cardiac manifestation, such as dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and life-threatening tachyarrhythmia. We report here that human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes from a patient with LGMD2I and DCM...
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