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A case of Carvajal syndrome presenting with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Cardiology in the young - 1 May 2024
Arıcı Sule, Akalın Figen, Geckinli Bilgen Bilge
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Carvajal syndrome is a very rare autosomal recessive cardiocutaneous disorder caused by a desmosomal mutation in exon 24 of the desmoplakin gene. It manifests with woolly hair, epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. We herein present a patient with heart failure and dilated cardiomyopathy who was diagnosed with Carvajal syndrome because of...
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