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Table 1 Incidence of valve regurgitation and atrial communication in wild type versus Mbnl1 ^∆E3/∆E3 hearts as assessed by echocardiography

From: Muscleblind-like 1 is required for normal heart valve development in vivo

	n^a	%PR^a	%AR^a	%MR^a	%AC^a
Wild type males	6	83	0	0	17
Wild type females	4	25	0	0	0
Wild type, total	10	60	0	0	10
Mbnl1 ^∆E3/∆E3 males	5	80	80	80	40
Mbnl1 ^∆E3/∆E3 females	4	100	75	100	75
Mbnl1 ^∆E3/∆E3, total	9	89	78	89	56

^a n number of animals evaluated, PR pulmonary regurgitation, AR aortic valve regurgitation, MR mitral valve regurgitation, AC atrial communication

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