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Sudden cardiac death in a patient with lamin A/C mutation in the absence of dilated cardiomyopathy or conduction disease

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    Philipp Ehlermann, Stephanie Lehrke, Benjamin Meder & Hugo A. Katus

  2. I. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Theano Papavassiliu, Martin Borggrefe & Rainer Schimpf

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Ehlermann, P., Lehrke, S., Papavassiliu, T. et al. Sudden cardiac death in a patient with lamin A/C mutation in the absence of dilated cardiomyopathy or conduction disease. Clin Res Cardiol 100, 547–551 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-011-0289-0

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