Scientists unravel genetic basis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Friday, February 22, 2019 - 13:50 in Biology & Nature

One third of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cases in Finland are caused by one of the four major mutations, a new study shows. Overall, 40 percent of patients carried a specific or a likely mutation causing the disease, and 20 percent were carriers of a rare gene mutation whose role in the disease remains unknown.

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