The mitochondrial DNA T16189C polymorphism and HIV-associated cardiomyopathy: a genotype-phenotype association study

• Principais autores: Poulton Joanna (Autor), Syed Faisal F (Autor), Engel Mark E (Autor), Shaboodien Gasnat (Autor), Badri Motasim (Autor), Mayosi Bongani M (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) T16189C polymorphism, with a homopolymeric C-tract of 10-12 cytosines, is a putative genetic risk factor for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in the African and British populations. We hypothesized that...