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A new mutation in the elastin gene causing supravalvular aortic stenosis.
The American journal of cardiology - 1 Apr 1999
Boeckel T, Dierks A, Vergopoulos A, Bähring S, Knoblauch H, Müller-Myhsok B, Baron H, Aydin A, Bein G, Luft F C, Schuster H
Abstract excerpt
A large supravalvular aortic stenosis kindred, with a point mutation in exon 18 and a stop codon in exon 22 of the elastin gene, is described. Clinically, the disease severity appeared to increase in successive generations in this family.
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