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Novel homozygous stop-gain pathogenic variant of PPP1R13L gene leads to arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.
BMC cardiovascular disorders - 6 Aug 2022
Kalayinia Samira, Mahdavi Mohammad, Houshmand Golnaz, Hesami Mahshid, Pourirahim Maryam, Maleki Majid
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BACKGROUND: Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a heritable cardiac disease with two main features: electric instability and myocardial fibro-fatty replacement. There is no defined treatment except for preventing arrhythmias and sudden death. Detecting causative mutations helps identify the disease pathogenesis and family members at risk. We used whole-exome sequencing to determine a genetic explanation for an...
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