Congestive cardiomyopathy in a family of Becker's X-linked muscular dystrophy.
Ths dissociation of gross congestive cardiomyopathy and muscle disease in different members of a family affected with Becker's benign X-linked muscular dystrophy is described. The possibility that cardiomyopathy and muscular dystrophy may be the expressions of the same mutant gene has been suggested.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009154:Mutation; D010375:Pedigree