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A truncating variant altering the extreme C-terminal region of desmoplakin (DSP) suggests the crucial functional role of the region: a case report study.
BMC medical genomics - 4 May 2023
Pantou Malena P, Gourzi Polyxeni, Vlagkouli Vasiliki, Papatheodorou Efstathios, Tsoutsinos Alexandros, Nyktari Eva, Degiannis Dimitrios, Anastasakis Aris
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Homozygous truncating mutations located in the C-terminal region of the desmoplakin gene (DSP) are known to mainly cause Carvajal syndrome, an autosomal recessive syndromic form of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with an extra-cardiac cutaneous phenotype. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we describe a female proband with a documented arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy and a syncopal episode at the...
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