Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 512-516 , August 2010

Prevalent cardiac phenotype resulting in heart transplantation in a novel LMNA gene duplication

  • L. Volpi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 050 993046; fax: +39 050 554808.
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  • G. Ricci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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  • C. Passino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, G. Monasterio Foundation, CNR, Pisa, Italy
    • Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
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  • E. Di Pierri

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • G. Alì

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • M. Maccherini

      Affiliations

    • Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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  • S. Benedetti

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • G. Lattanzi

      Affiliations

    • IGM-CNR, Unit of Bologna c/o IOR, Bologna, Italy
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  • M. Columbaro

      Affiliations

    • IGM-CNR, Unit of Bologna c/o IOR, Bologna, Italy
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  • M. Ferrari

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Biology, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
    • Genomic Unit for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies, Centre for Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Biostatistics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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  • D. Caramella

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Pisa, Italy
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  • P. Tanganelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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  • M. Emdin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, G. Monasterio Foundation, CNR, Pisa, Italy
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  • G. Siciliano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy

Received 18 December 2009 ,Revised 17 March 2010 ,Accepted 26 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.03.016

Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 512-516 , August 2010

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