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Screening for pulmonary and cerebral arteriovenous malformations in children with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Oct 2009
Al-Saleh S, Mei-Zahav M, Faughnan M E, MacLusky I B, Carpenter S, Letarte M, Ratjen F
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant disease characterised by vascular dysplasia complicated by visceral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). To date, the diagnostic yield of screening procedures for pulmonary and cerebral AVMs in children with definite or potential HHT is not well defined. The aim of the present study was to prospectively evaluate the diagnostic yield of a...
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