Article
X linked fatal infantile cardiomyopathy maps to Xq28 and is possibly allelic to Barth syndrome.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 May 1995
Gedeon A K, Wilson M J, Colley A C, Sillence D O, Mulley J C
Abstract excerpt
A number of families with X linked dilated cardiomyopathy with onset in infancy or childhood have now been described, with varying clinical and biochemical features. Of these, one condition, Barth syndrome (BTHS), can be diagnosed clinically by the characteristic associated features of skeletal myopathy, short stature, and neutropenia, but not all of these features are always present. Molecular genetic studies...
Topics
- Alleles
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
- DNA
- DNA Probes
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Lod Score
