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Europace 2000 2(1):4-14; doi:10.1053/eupc.1999.0067
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REGULAR ARTICLE: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BASIS OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL DISEASES

The molecular genetics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: prognostic implications

P. Sorajja, P.M. Elliott and W.J. Mckenna

Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School London, U.K.

Key Words: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, genetics, sudden death


Correspondence: William J. McKenna, MD Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace London SW17 ORE, U.K.


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