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SUBMITTER: Zhao Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4678153 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Yue Y Feng Yue Y Zhang Yun-Mei YM Ding Xiao-Xue XX Song Yu-Zhu YZ Zhang A-Mei AM Liu Li L Zhang Hong H Ding Jia-Huan JH Xia Xue-Shan XS
International journal of molecular medicine 20151007 6
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a major cause of sudden cardiac death and heart failure, and it is characterized by genetic and clinical heterogeneity, even for some patients with a very poor clinical prognosis; in the majority of cases, DCM necessitates a heart transplant. Genetic mutations have long been considered to be associated with this disease. At present, mutations in over 50 genes related to DCM have been documented. This study was carried out to elucidate the characteristics of gene m ...[more]