Brain natriuretic peptide is not predictive of dilated cardiomyopathy in Becker and Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients and carriers

BACKGROUND: Cardiomyopathy is reported in Duchenne and Becker muscle dystrophy patients and female carriers. Brain Natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a hormone produced mainly by ventricular cardiomyocytes and its production is up regulated in reaction to increased wall stretching. N-terminal-proBNP (NT-p...

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Autors principals: Schade van Westrum, Steven, Dekker, Lukas, de Haan, Rob, Endert, Erik, Ginjaar, Ieke, de Visser, Marianne, van der Kooi, Anneke
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: BioMed Central 2013
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717038/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23870371
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-13-88
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