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Deleterious Rare Desmosomal Variants Contribute to Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Are Associated With Distinctive Clinical Features.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Jan 2022
Wu Guixin, Liu Jie, Ruan Jieyun, Yu Shiqin, Wang Limei, Zhao Shihua, Wang Shuiyun, Kang Lianming, Wang Jizheng, Song Lei
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BACKGROUND: Deleterious rare variants in genes encoding desmosome proteins have been identified as the essential basis of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) and detected in dilated cardiomyopathy, but the relationship between deleterious rare desmosomal variants and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) remains unknown. METHODS: Whole exome sequencing was performed in 1000 patients with HCM and 761 non-HCM controls...
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