BMPR2 mutations influence phenotype more obviously in male patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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BACKGROUND: BMPR2 mutations predispose to idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH and HPAH). The influence of BMPR2 mutations on clinical outcome is not concordant in different ethnic groups. Although the BMPR2 mutation spectrum and mutation rate in Chinese PAH patients has been reported previously, the influence of genotype on phenotype and whether this influence is associated with sex...

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