Inventors:
James J. Dermody - Boonton NJ, US
Marvin Schwalb - Livingston NJ, US
Peter Tolias - Westfield NJ, US
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY - Somerset NJ
International Classification:
C40B 30/00, C12Q 1/68, C40B 30/04, C12M 1/34, C40B 60/12
US Classification:
506 9, 435 6, 506 7, 4352872, 506 39
Abstract:
This invention relates to a new method of screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In certain embodiments, the invention comprises a method of screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy comprising detecting the presence or absence of at least one pathogenic HCM mutation by mutation detection assay in a sample from a subject to be tested for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.