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Cardiovascular manifestations in 75 patients with Williams syndrome.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2002
Eronen M, Peippo M, Hiippala A, Raatikka M, Arvio M, Johansson R, Kähkönen M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The prevalence and types of various cardiovascular diseases in different age groups as well as the outcomes of cardiac surgery and other interventions were assessed in a population of 75 Williams syndrome (WS) patients aged 4 months to 76 years (median 22.7 years). STUDY DESIGN: The diagnosis of WS was in each case confirmed by the clinical phenotype and by a FISH test showing elastin hemizygosity....
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