Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: report of 15 affected cases in a Mexican family.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1991.tb03014.x

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Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: report of 15 affected cases in a Mexican family.

Clinical genetics - 1 Mar 1991

Guillén B, Guízar J, de la Cruz J, Salamanca F

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We report a Mexican family with 15 members affected with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), all of them suffering from severe hemorrhagic episodes treated with multiple blood transfusions; one patient had a cerebral arteriovenous fistula that required surgical treatment and two others h...

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Adolescent
Aged
Blood Transfusion
Female
Gene Expression
Genetic Counseling
Genetic Variation
Hemorrhage
Humans
Male
Mexico
Middle Aged
Pedigree
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic

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