Population
110,027 newborns in the Taiwan Chinese population, along with 20 maternal grandparents of affected infants…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Supports Fabry testing in idiopathic HCM among Taiwan Chinese males; leaves open prospective validation before broader screening.
Newborn screening in the Taiwan Chinese population revealed an unexpectedly high prevalence of the cardiac variant Fabry mutation IVS4+919G-->A, suggesting it is a significant cause of idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in this demographic.
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