Familial transposition of the great arteries caused by multiple mutations in laterality genes

Alessandro De Luca, Anna Sárközy, Federica Consoli, Rosangela Ferese, Valentina Guida, Maria Lisa Dentici, Rita Mingarelli, Emanuele Bellacchio, Giulia Tuo, Giuseppe Limongelli,

Heart · 2009 · 137 citations · 22 references

Abstract

The present study provides evidence that some cases of familial TGA are caused by mutations in laterality genes and therefore are part of the same disease spectrum of heterotaxy syndrome, and argues for an oligogenic or complex mode of inheritance in these pedigrees.

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