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Evidence for a dystrophin missense mutation as a cause of X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy.
Circulation - 20 May 1997
Ortiz-Lopez R, Li H, Su J, Goytia V, Towbin J A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy (XLCM) has previously been shown to be due to mutations in the dystrophin gene, which is located at Xp21. Mutations in the 5' portion of the gene, including the muscle promoter, exon 1, and the exon 1-intron 1 splice site, have been reported previously. The purpose of this study was to analyze the originally described family with XLCM (and other) for dystrophin...
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