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Myosin mutations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and functional implications.
Herz - 1 Apr 1994
Vosberg H P
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can be an inherited disorder. Typically, the inheritance is dominant and genetic cases account for about 50% of all patients with this pathology. Four different HCM loci have been mapped to different chromosomes (no. 1, 11, 14 and 15), yet, only one responsible gene has been identified. It is the beta myosin heavy chain gene on chromosome 14, which is expressed in ventricles and...
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