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Fatal Infantile Cardiomyopathy Associated with a Homozygous MYL2 c.413T>A (p.Met138Lys) Variant: A Case Expanding the Recessive MYL2 Phenotypic Spectrum.
Genes - 12 Apr 2026
Uddin Mohammed Shahab, Alnamshan Yasmeen, Shafeen Khaled, Jahan Syeda Nilofer, AlMadhi Nora, Gurumurthy Karthiga, Hassan Abdullah Bin, Esmail Amr, AlQannas Maryam
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Infantile cardiomyopathy is a rare but often life-threatening condition in which monogenic causes are particularly relevant, especially when cardiac disease is preceded by hypotonia or multisystem involvement. Among sarcomeric genes, MYL2, encoding the ventricular regulatory myosin light chain, plays a critical role in myocardial contractility. However, biallelic MYL2-associated disease...
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