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SUBMITTER: Stark K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2958814 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stark Klaus K Esslinger Ulrike B UB Reinhard Wibke W Petrov George G Winkler Thomas T Komajda Michel M Isnard Richard R Charron Philippe P Villard Eric E Cambien François F Tiret Laurence L Aumont Marie-Claude MC Dubourg Olivier O Trochu Jean-Noël JN Fauchier Laurent L Degroote Pascal P Richter Anette A Maisch Bernhard B Wichter Thomas T Zollbrecht Christa C Grassl Martina M Schunkert Heribert H Linsel-Nitschke Patrick P Erdmann Jeanette J Baumert Jens J Illig Thomas T Klopp Norman N Wichmann H-Erich HE Meisinger Christa C Koenig Wolfgang W Lichtner Peter P Meitinger Thomas T Schillert Arne A König Inke R IR Hetzer Roland R Heid Iris M IM Regitz-Zagrosek Vera V Hengstenberg Christian C
PLoS genetics 20101021 10
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a structural heart disease with strong genetic background. Monogenic forms of DCM are observed in families with mutations located mostly in genes encoding structural and sarcomeric proteins. However, strong evidence suggests that genetic factors also affect the susceptibility to idiopathic DCM. To identify risk alleles for non-familial forms of DCM, we carried out a case-control association study, genotyping 664 DCM cases and 1,874 population-based healthy control ...[more]