Lamin A/C gene mutation associated with dilated cardiomyopathy with variable skeletal muscle involvement

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 473-476

  Brodsky, Gary L ^a   Muntoni, Francesco ^b   Miocic, Snjezana ^c   Sinagra, Gianfranco ^c   Sewry, Caroline ^b   Mestroni, Luisa ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Genetics; Molecular biology; Muscles

Indexed keywords

LAMIN A; LAMIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEART DILATATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0034620567     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.5.473     Document Type: Article

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