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Novel mutations in the ENG and ACVRL1 genes causing hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Apr 2006
Argyriou Loukas, Twelkemeyer Stefan, Panchulidze Irakli, Wehner Lars-Erik, Teske Ute, Engel Wolfgang, Nayernia Karim
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary haemorrhagic teleangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder characterised by cutaneous and mucosal telangiectasias, epistaxis and arteriovenous malformations in lung, liver, central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. Mutations in the genes for endoglin (ENG) and for activin A receptor type II-like kinase 1 (ACVRL1) have been identified to cause HHT. We performed molecular...
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