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Analysis of TGFB1 in European and Japanese Moyamoya disease patients.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 2012
Liu Chao, Roder Constantin, Schulte Claudia, Kasuya Hidetoshi, Akagawa Hiroyuki, Nishizawa Tsutomu, Yoneyama Taku, Okada Yoshikazu, Khan Nadia, Tatagiba Marcos, Berg Daniela, Krischek Boris
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Despite large efforts in researching the genesis of Moyamoya disease (MMD), the etiology of this rare disease remains widely unknown. In a previous publication we described two genetic variants in the first exon of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1) which were associated and showed a tendency toward significance, respectively. In this study we performed a follow-up analysis of TGFB1 by...
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