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Transforming growth factor-beta receptor mutations and pulmonary arterial hypertension in childhood.
Circulation - 1 Feb 2005
Harrison Rachel E, Berger Rolf, Haworth Sheila G, Tulloh Robert, Mache Christoph J, Morrell Nicholas W, Aldred Micheala A, Trembath Richard C
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BACKGROUND: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a potentially fatal vasculopathy that can develop at any age. Adult-onset disease has previously been associated with mutations in BMPR2 and ALK-1. Presentation in early life may be associated with congenital heart disease but frequently is idiopathic. METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed mutation analysis in genes encoding receptor members of the transforming...
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