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[The role of connective tissue dysplasia in the forming of mitral valve prolapse].
Klinicheskaia meditsina - 1 Jan 2006
Filipenko P S, Malookaia Iu S
Abstract excerpt
Connective tissue (CT) is a multifunctional universal structure of great importance to the human organism. Constituting about 50% of the body mass, CT forms a frame (skeleton) and outer cover (skin), as well as the inner medium, through which all structural elements receive nutrients and extract metabolic products. The great number of links, constituting the CT system, each of which is controlled genetically and...
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