Genetics of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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Tremendous progress has been made in understanding the genetics of hereditable pulmonary arterial hypertension (HPAH) since its description in the 1950s. Germline mutations in the gene coding bone morphogenetic receptor type 2 ( BMPR2) are detectable in the majority of cases of HPAH, and in a small proportion of cases of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). HPAH is an autosomal dominant disease...

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