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Impact of genotype and mutation type on health-related quality of life in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
Acta oto-laryngologica - 1 Aug 2009
Pfister Markus, Zalaman Ilse M, Blumenstock Gunnar, Mauz Paul-Stefan, Baumann Ingo
Abstract excerpt
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia genotype ALK-1 (HHT2-ALK-1) with nonsense mutation demonstrated tendentially higher health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) scores than patients with HHT with genotype ENG (HHT1-ENG) with missense mutation. OBJECTIVE: HHT, also known as Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, comprises different expressions depending on genetic type and mutation type. The...
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