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Dystrophinopathies are X-linked recessive diseases caused by primary dystrophin deficiency, and include: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD), manifesting DMD/BMD carrier females, X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy, isolated quadriceps myopathy, muscle cramps with myoglobinuria and asymptomatic elevation of muscle enzymes [ 1 ] .
The first autosomal dominant form of cardiomyopathy was mapped in 1994 to the centromeric region of chromosome 1 [ 9 ] . Linkage was achieved using genetic and clinical material from a large, well-characterized kindred [ 1 ] . One of the striking characteristics from this family was the degree of cardiac conduction system disease that primarily targeted the atrioventricular node [ 1 10 ] . Many members of the kindred exhibited sick sinus syndrome, atrial fibrillation and sudden death.
MtDNA common point mutations (MELAS A3243G and T3271C, MERRF A8344G and T8356C, NARP T8993G and T8993C, cardiomyopathy G8363A, and LHON G11778A, G3460A, T14484C, and G14459A), deletions, or duplications, were not detected in blood or skeletal muscle.
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a disorder characterized by four-chamber dilation of the heart.
Conduction disease preceded the development of dilated cardiomyopathy in the proband's family [ 1 10 ] . This indicates the necessity for careful documentation of a three-generation pedigree in the evaluation of patients with conduction system disease paying particular attention to sudden death, arrhythmia and bradycardia.
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