Dilated cardiomyopathy: The complexity of a diverse genetic architecture

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 531-547

  Hershberger, Ray E ^a   Hedges, Dale J ^a   Morales, Ana ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDROPYRIDINE RECEPTOR; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ 2; ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; ANKYRIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DELTA SARCOGLYCAN; DESMIN; DESMOGLEIN 2; DESMOPLAKIN; DYSTROPHIN; DYSTROPHIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IMATINIB; INTEGRIN LINKED KINASE; LAMIN A; LAMIN C; LIM PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN C; MYOSIN VI; PDZ PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLAMBAN; PRESENILIN 1; THYMOPOIETIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL GENETICS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC, FAMILIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; HEREDITY; HUMANS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84883163817     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2013.105     Document Type: Review

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