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In search of a new therapeutic target for the treatment of genetically triggered thoracic aortic aneurysms and cardiovascular conditions: insights from human and animal lathyrism.
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery - 1 Sept 2010
Sherif Hisham M F
Abstract excerpt
Lathyrism, or the effect of certain plants on connective tissue disruption, particularly involving the vascular and skeletal systems, especially aortic dissection/rupture, has been well documented in animals. Its impact on the pathogenesis of connective tissue diseases in humans is still unclear....
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