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The proteoglycan–dystrophin complex in genetic cardiomyopathies—lessons from three siblings with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy-2I (LGMD-2I)

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This work was financially supported by a grant from the German Heart Foundation (Deutsche Stiftung für Herzforschung; grant-ID F/15/07 to A. Y.).

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Auerbachstrasse 110, 70376, Stuttgart, Germany

    Ali Yilmaz, Sabine Rösch & Udo Sechtem

  2. Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    Hans-Jürgen Gdynia, Matthias Ponfick & Albert C. Ludolph

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Yilmaz, A., Gdynia, HJ., Ponfick, M. et al. The proteoglycan–dystrophin complex in genetic cardiomyopathies—lessons from three siblings with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy-2I (LGMD-2I). Clin Res Cardiol 100, 611–615 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-011-0291-6

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