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Heart Transplantation for Barth Syndrome

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Barth syndrome is an X-linked recessive disorder comprising dilated cardiomyopathy, muscular hypotonia, and cyclical neutropenia. Affected children usually die during infancy as a consequence of septicemia, cardiac failure, or both. We report a patient with Barth syndrome who underwent successful heart transplantation.

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  1. Cardiothoracic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK, UK

    S.S. Adwani, B.F. Whitehead, P.G. Rees, M.J. Elliott & M.R. de Leval

  2. School of Neurosciences, University of Newcastle, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, UK

    A. Morris & D.M. Turnball

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Adwani, S., Whitehead, B., Rees, P. et al. Heart Transplantation for Barth Syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol 18, 143–145 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002469900135

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