Article
Mutations in the genes for cardiac troponin T and alpha-tropomyosin in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
The New England journal of medicine - 20 Apr 1995
Watkins H, McKenna W J, Thierfelder L, Suk H J, Anan R, O'Donoghue A, Spirito P, Matsumori A, Moravec C S, Seidman J G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be caused by mutations in the genes for beta cardiac myosin heavy chain, alpha-tropomyosin, or cardiac troponin T. It is not known how often the disease is caused by mutations in the tropomyosin and troponin genes, and the associated clinical phenotypes have not been carefully studied. METHODS: Linkage between polymorphisms of the alpha-tropomyosin gene or the...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Biomarkers
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Lod Score
- Mutation
- Myosins
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
