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[Genetics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathies: what are the clinical perspectives?].
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux - 1 Jul 1996
Komajda M
Abstract excerpt
Considerable progress has been accomplished in the understanding of the genetics of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy over the last five years. This is a monogenic autosomal dominant condition with much inter- and intragenic variability. Four morbid genes coding for the contractile proteins have been identified: the heavy beta chain of cardiac myosin (14q11), cardiac troponin T (1q3), alpha tropomyosin (15q2),...
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