Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Caused by a Novel Frameshift in the BAG3 Gene.

Dilated cardiomyopathy, a major cause of chronic heart failure and cardiac transplantation, is characterized by left ventricular or biventricular heart dilatation. In nearly 50% of cases the pathology is inherited, and more than 60 genes have been reported as disease-causing. However, in 30% of fami...

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Main Authors: Rocio Toro, Alexandra Pérez-Serra, Oscar Campuzano, Javier Moncayo-Arlandi, Catarina Allegue, Anna Iglesias, Alipio Mangas, Ramon Brugada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4938129?pdf=render