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Real-time imaging of de novo arteriovenous malformation in a mouse model of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Nov 2009
Park Sung Ok, Wankhede Mamta, Lee Young Jae, Choi Eun-Jung, Fliess Naime, Choe Se-Woon, Oh Seh-Hoon, Walter Glenn, Raizada Mohan K, Sorg Brian S, Oh S Paul
Abstract excerpt
Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are vascular anomalies where arteries and veins are directly connected through a complex, tangled web of abnormal arteries and veins instead of a normal capillary network. AVMs in the brain, lung, and visceral organs, including the liver and gastrointestinal tract, result in considerable morbidity and mortality. AVMs are the underlying cause of three major clinical symptoms of a...
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