Article
Recurrent chromosome 16p13.1 duplications are a risk factor for aortic dissections.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jun 2011
Kuang Shao-Qing, Guo Dong-Chuan, Prakash Siddharth K, McDonald Merry-Lynn N, Johnson Ralph J, Wang Min, Regalado Ellen S, Russell Ludivine, Cao Jiu-Mei, Kwartler Callie, Fraivillig Kurt, Coselli Joseph S, Safi Hazim J, Estrera Anthony L, Leal Suzanne M, LeMaire Scott A, Belmont John W, Milewicz Dianna M
Abstract excerpt
Chromosomal deletions or reciprocal duplications of the 16p13.1 region have been implicated in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, epilepsies, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In this study, we investigated the association of recurrent genomic copy number variants (CNVs) with thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (TAAD). By using SNP arrays to screen and...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
