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An unanticipated copy number variant of chromosome 15 disrupting SMAD3 reveals a three-generation family at serious risk for aortic dissection.
Clinical genetics - 1 Apr 2013
Hilhorst-Hofstee Y, Scholte A J H A, Rijlaarsdam M E B, van Haeringen A, Kroft L J, Reijnierse M, Ruivenkamp C A L, Versteegh M I M, Pals G, Breuning M H
Abstract excerpt
Several genes involved in the familial appearance of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (FTAAD) have been characterized recently, one of which is SMAD3. Mutations of SMAD3 cause a new syndromic form of aortic aneurysms and dissections associated with skeletal abnormalities. We discovered a...
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