La heterogeneidad genética de los síndromes corazón-mano

C T Basson1, S D Solomon, B Weissman

  • 1Department of Medicine-Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Circulation
|March 1, 1995
PubMed
Resumen

Los síndromes de corazón-mano, como el síndrome de Holt-Oram, implican defectos congénitos del corazón y las extremidades. Los estudios genéticos muestran que el síndrome de Holt-Oram está vinculado al cromosoma 12q2, pero otras condiciones similares surgen de diferentes genes, lo que indica una heterogeneidad genética.

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