Clinical utility of genetic tests for inherited hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies
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Clinical utility of genetic tests for inherited hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies
Genetic testing has become an increasingly important part of medical practice for heritable form of cardiomyopathies. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and about 50% of idiopathic dilatative cardiomyopathy are familial diseases, with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance.Some genotype-phenotype correlations can provide important information to target DNA analyses in specific genes. Genetic tes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiovascular Ultrasound
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1476-7120
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-6-62