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Hepatic manifestation is associated with ALK1 in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: identification of five novel ALK1 and one novel ENG mutations.
Human mutation - 1 Mar 2005
Kuehl Heidi K A, Caselitz Martin, Hasenkamp Sandra, Wagner Siegfried, El-Harith El-Harith A, Manns Michael P, Stuhrmann Manfred
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), or Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome, is a heterogeneous inherited disorder characterized by multi-systemic vascular dysplasia and wide variation in its phenotypic expression. Hepatic manifestation is seen in about 8 to 30 % of the patients. The molecular basis for liver involvement is unknown. We screened the two known HHT disease loci, the ALK1 (ACVRL1) and ENG genes, for...
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