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Dural ectasia in Loeys-Dietz syndrome: comprehensive study of 30 patients with a TGFBR1 or TGFBR2 mutation.
Clinical genetics - 1 Dec 2014
Sheikhzadeh S, Brockstaedt L, Habermann C R, Sondermann C, Bannas P, Mir T S, Staebler A, Seidel H, Keyser B, Arslan-Kirchner M, Kutsche K, Berger J, Blankenberg S, von Kodolitsch Y
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency, severity, and clinical associations of dural ectasia (DE) in Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS). Database analysis of three German metropolitan regions identified 30 patients with LDS and TGFBR1 mutation in 6 and a TGFBR2 mutation in 24 individuals (17 men; mean age: 31 ± 19 years), as well as 60 age and sex-matched control patients with Marfan syndrome carrying a...
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