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European Heart Journal 2000 21(22):1817-1819; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2374
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Editorial

Genetics and dilated cardiomyopathy: limitations of candidate gene strategies

C.A. MacRae

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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