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Novel promoter and exon mutations of the BMPR2 gene in Chinese patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Aug 2009
Wang Hu, Li Wen, Zhang Weili, Sun Kai, Song Xiaodong, Gao Shuo, Zhang Channa, Hui Rutai, Hu Hong
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), which is clinically characterized by a sustained elevation in mean pulmonary artery pressure leading to significant morbidity and mortality, is caused by intense remodeling of small pulmonary arteries by endothelial and smooth muscle proliferation. Genetic studies in familial PAH (FPAH) have revealed heterozygous germline mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein type II...
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