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Locus for susceptibility for familial capillary malformation ('port-wine stain') maps to 5q.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jun 2002
Eerola Iiro, Boon Laurence M, Watanabe Shoji, Grynberg Henri, Mulliken John B, Vikkula Miikka
Abstract excerpt
Capillary malformation (CM; 'port-wine stain'), is a common vascular malformation affecting cutaneous capillary vessels in 0.3% of newborns. Increased incidence of lesions in first-degree relatives of these patients and several reported familial cases suggest that genetic factors may play a role in the pathogenesis of CM. We report the first genome-wide linkage analysis of familial CM. In the non-parametric...
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