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A fourth locus for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia maps to chromosome 7.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Oct 2006
Bayrak-Toydemir Pinar, McDonald Jamie, Akarsu Nurten, Toydemir Reha M, Calderon Fernanda, Tuncali Timur, Tang Wei, Miller Franklin, Mao Rong
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous multisystem vascular dysplasia. Mutations of the endoglin and ACVRL1 genes are known to cause HHT. However, existence of HHT families in which linkage to these genes has been excluded has suggested that other gene(s) can cause HHT in some families. Recently, a family was reported to be linked to chromosome 5q, the HHT3...
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