High proportion of genetic cases in patients with advanced cardiomyopathy including a novel homozygous Plakophilin 2-gene mutation.

High proportion of genetic cases in patients with advanced cardiomyopathy including a novel homozygous Plakophilin 2-gene mutation.

Cardiomyopathies might lead to end-stage heart disease with the requirement of drastic treatments like bridging up to transplant or heart transplantation. A not precisely known proportion of these diseases are genetically determined. We genotyped 43 index-patients (30 DCM, 10 ARVC, 3 RCM) with advan...

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Main Authors: Baerbel Klauke, Anna Gaertner-Rommel, Uwe Schulz, Astrid Kassner, Edzard Zu Knyphausen, Thorsten Laser, Deniz Kececioglu, Lech Paluszkiewicz, Ute Blanz, Eugen Sandica, Antoon J van den Bogaerdt, J Peter van Tintelen, Jan Gummert, Hendrik Milting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5734774?pdf=render

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