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The molecular genetics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Current opinion in cardiology - 1 May 1997
Malik M S, Watkins H
Abstract excerpt
The study of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been at the vanguard of molecular genetic investigation into inherited diseases of the cardiovascular system for the greater part of the last decade. These studies have shown it to be a disease of sarcomeric contractile proteins and have highlighted its genetic heterogeneity. There are now seven known genetic loci and six disease genes associated with the condition....
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