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A Novel Truncating LMNA Mutation in Patients with Cardiac Conduction Disorders and Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
International heart journal - 30 May 2018
Kawakami Hiroshi, Ogimoto Akiyoshi, Tokunaga Naohito, Nishimura Kazuhisa, Kawakami Hideo, Higashi Haruhiko, Iio Chiharuko, Kono Tamami, Aono Jun, Uetani Teruyoshi, Nagai Takayuki, Inoue Katsuji, Suzuki Jun, Ikeda Shuntaro, Okura Takafumi, Ohyagi Yasumasa, Tabara Yasuharu, Higaki Jitsuo
Abstract excerpt
The cardiac phenotype of laminopathies is characterized by cardiac conduction disorders (CCDs) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Although laminopathies have been considered monogenic, they exhibit a remarkable degree of clinical variability. This case series aimed to detect the causal mutation and to investigate the causes of clinical variability in a Japanese family with inherited CCD and DCM.Of the five family...
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