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Mutations in endoglin and in activin receptor-like kinase 1 among Danish patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia.
Clinical genetics - 1 Dec 2004
Brusgaard K, Kjeldsen A D, Poulsen L, Moss H, Vase P, Rasmussen K, Kruse T A, Hørder M
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a rare disorder with one per 6000-10,000 affected individuals in the general Caucasian population. HHT is genetically heterogeneous, involving at least two loci HHT1 mapping to chromosome 9q34.1 and HHT2 mapping to chromosome 12q31. The loci have been identified as endoglin (ENG) and activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK1). In order to gain knowledge of the genotype...
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