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Postgrad Med J. 1977 January; 53(615): 12–15.
PMCID: PMC2496533
Congestive cardiomyopathy in a family of Becker's X-linked muscular dystrophy.
B. C. Katiyar, S. Misra, P. N. Somani, and A. M. Chaterji
Abstract
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.
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