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Copy number variations in endoglin locus: mapping of large deletions in Spanish families with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia type 1.
BMC medical genetics - 25 Nov 2013
Fontalba Ana, Fernández-Luna Jose L, Zarrabeitia Roberto, Recio-Poveda Lucia, Albiñana Virginia, Ojeda-Fernández Maria L, Bernabéu Carmelo, Alcaraz Luis A, Botella Luisa M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia syndrome (HHT), also known as the Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome is a multiorganic vascular disorder inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Diagnostic clinical criteria include: epistaxis, telangiectases in mucocutaneous and gastrointestinal sites, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) most commonly found in pulmonary, hepatic and cerebral circulations, and...
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