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Molecular genetics and clinical features of Chinese idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension patients.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Mar 2012
Liu D, Liu Q-Q, Eyries M, Wu W-H, Yuan P, Zhang R, Soubrier F, Jing Z-C
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the bone morphogenetic protein type II receptor (BMPR2) gene predispose to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). 290 idiopathic (I)PAH patients and 15 heritable (H)PAH were screened to determine the spectrum and rate of BMPR2 mutations in a large Chinese patient group. Gene sequenci...
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