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... modifier ofthe extent ofthe hypertrophy in our pop-ulation, in patients with and without sarcomeric muta-tions. The role ofthe AT 1R SNP as a modifier of the phenotype was also supported by the ... polymorphisms at thesegenes. We also determined the effect of these gene poly-morphisms on onset age andthe extent ofthe hypertro-phy.MethodsPatients and controlsThis study was part of a research ... measured, and the left ventricular wall thickness (LVWT) calculatedas the sum of IVS and PWT.Table 1 summarizes the main characteristics of patients. All them fulfilled the next inclusion criteria:they...
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... where C2is the protein in the bulk, C10is the concentrationinside the gel, S and V1are, respectively, the surface and the volume of film, V2is the volume ofthe bulk, h is the massive ... Cs0is the protein concen-tration on the surface ofthe film and finally ksis the desorption rate constant.Substituting known values and by fitting the experi-mental data with the mathematical ... up to 90% and, in the third day, about96% ofthe cells have well-developed neurites. Figure 6breports the trend of neurite length in the time: already after24 h, the mean length ofthe neurite...
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