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Renal FMD may not confer a familial hypertensive risk nor is it caused by ACTA2 mutations.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Oct 2011
Marks Stephen D, Gullett Ambrose M, Brennan Eileen, Tullus Kjell, Jaureguiberry Graciana, Klootwijk Enriko, Stanescu Horia C, Kleta Robert, Woolf Adrian S
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Renal fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) can cause hypertension, and previous reports suggest that FMD is familial. We hypothesized that, in families containing an individual with proven FMD, relatives of index cases would have an increased risk of hypertension. ACTA2 mutations cause a spectrum of ext...
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