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High frequency of BMPR2 exonic deletions/duplications in familial pulmonary arterial hypertension.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Sept 2006
Cogan Joy D, Pauciulo Michael W, Batchman Amy P, Prince Melissa A, Robbins Ivan M, Hedges Lora K, Stanton Krista C, Wheeler Lisa A, Phillips John A, Loyd James E, Nichols William C
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Previous studies have shown that approximately 55% of patients with familial pulmonary arterial hypertension (FPAH) have BMPR2 coding sequence mutations. However, direct sequencing does not detect other types of heterozygous mutations, such as exonic deletions/duplications. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the frequency of BMPR2 exonic deletions/duplications in FPAH. METHODS: BMPR2 mRNA from lymphoblastoid cell...
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