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Different presentation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in monozygotic twins
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- Published on: 23 November 2015
- Published on: 23 November 2015Genetic causes of phenotypic variation in monozygotic twins with hypertrophic cardiomyopathyShow More
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In the report by Palka et al,[1] and in previous such reports [2,3] the phenotypic variation seen in supposedly genetically identical monozygotic (MZ) twins with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is interpreted as a measure of the importance of environmental influences. However, although environmental factors undoubtedly contribute to the phenotype in HCM, there is substantial evidence that d...
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