Mitochondrial haplogroups modify the risk of developing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a Danish population.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disorder caused by mutations in genes coding for proteins involved in sarcomere function. The disease is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. Evolutionarily developed variation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), defining mtDNA haplogroups and haplogrou...

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Main Authors: Christian M Hagen, Frederik H Aidt, Paula L Hedley, Morten K Jensen, Ole Havndrup, Jørgen K Kanters, Johanna C Moolman-Smook, Severin O Larsen, Henning Bundgaard, Michael Christiansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3734310?pdf=render