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Absence of TGFBR1 and TGFBR2 mutations in patients with bicuspid aortic valve and aortic dilation.
The American journal of cardiology - 1 Sept 2008
Arrington Cammon B, Sower C Todd, Chuckwuk Naomi, Stevens Jeff, Leppert Mark F, Yetman Anji T, Bowles Neil E
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Mutations in the genes encoding transforming growth factor-beta receptor types I and II (TGFBR1 and TGFBR2, respectively) are commonly identified in patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome, as well as some patients with Marfan's syndrome or familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. This suggests that there is considerable phenotypic heterogeneity associated with mutations in these genes. Because bicuspid...
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