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Familial brain arteriovenous malformation maps to 5p13-q14, 15q11-q13 or 18p11: linkage analysis with clipped fingernail DNA on high-density SNP array.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Oikawa Masahiro, Kuniba Hideo, Kondoh Tatsuro, Kinoshita Akira, Nagayasu Takeshi, Niikawa Norio, Yoshiura Koh-ichiro
Abstract excerpt
Familial arteriovenous malformations (AVM) in the brain is a very rare disease. It is defined as its occurrence in two or more relatives (up to third-degree relatives) in a family without any associated disorders, such as hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. We encountered a Japanese family with brain AVM in which four affected members in four successive generations were observed. One DNA sample extracted from...
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