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A case of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy emphasizes the importance of parallel screening of multiple disease genes

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This work was in part supported by the Adolf-Schilling-Stiftung Münster. We thank also Mrs. Joanne Davis for technical help and revising the manuscript.

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  1. Department Biobank/Kardiogenetik, Institut Für Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen an der Universität Heidelberg, Bremserstr. 79, 67063, Ludwigshafen/Rhein, Germany

    Thomas Scheffold

  2. Institut für Herzkreislaufforschung, Universität Witten/Herdecke, 44227, Dortmund, Germany

    Stephan Waldmüller

  3. Department of Cardiology and Surgery, Rehabilitation Center of the Executive Office of the President of Russian Federation, 143088, Moscow, Russia

    Konstantin Borisov

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Scheffold, T., Waldmüller, S. & Borisov, K. A case of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy emphasizes the importance of parallel screening of multiple disease genes. Clin Res Cardiol 100, 627–628 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-011-0306-3

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