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Penetrance of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Genetic counseling (Geneva, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 1997
Charron P, Carrier L, Dubourg O, Tesson F, Desnos M, Richard P, Bonne G, Guicheney P, Hainque B, Bouhour J B, Mallet A, Feingold J, Schwartz K, Komajda M
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is an autosomal dominant cardiac disease for which the penetrance remains a much-debated issue. Since the recent identification of the genes involved in the disease, the penetrance of FHC has not been reassessed in a large genotyped population. The aim of our study was therefore to evaluate it, according to age and sex, in ten families with previously identified...
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