Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is associated with a de novo mutation in the beta-myosin heavy chain gene.

Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is associated with a de novo mutation in the beta-myosin heavy chain gene.

Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium (NVM) is the morphological hallmark of a rare familial or sporadic unclassified heart disease of heterogeneous origin. NVM results presumably from a congenital developmental error and has been traced back to single point mutations in various genes. The obj...

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Main Authors: Birgit S Budde, Priska Binner, Stephan Waldmüller, Wolfgang Höhne, Wulf Blankenfeldt, Sabine Hassfeld, Jürgen Brömsen, Anastassia Dermintzoglou, Marcus Wieczorek, Erik May, Elisabeth Kirst, Carmen Selignow, Kirsten Rackebrandt, Melanie Müller, Roger S Goody, Hans-Peter Vosberg, Peter Nürnberg, Thomas Scheffold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2137931?pdf=render

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