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Arteriovenous malformation in the adult mouse brain resembling the human disease.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jun 2011
Walker Espen J, Su Hua, Shen Fanxia, Choi Eun-Jung, Oh S Paul, Chen Grant, Lawton Michael T, Kim Helen, Chen Yongmei, Chen Wanqiu, Young William L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVMs) are an important cause of hemorrhagic stroke. The underlying mechanisms are not clear. No animal model for adult bAVM is available for mechanistic exploration. Patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia type 2 (HHT2) with activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK1; ACVRL1) mutations have a higher incidence of bAVM than the general population. We tested the...
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