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Perturbations of mechanotransduction and aneurysm formation in heritable aortopathies.
International journal of cardiology - 25 Oct 2013
Jeremy Richmond W, Robertson Elizabeth, Lu Yaxin, Hambly Brett D
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Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection in young and middle aged patients is increasingly recognised as due to genetic aortopathy. Mutations in multiple genes affecting proteins in the extracellular matrix, microfibrillar structure, the endothelium and cell signalling pathways have been associate...
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