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Genetics of lymphatic anomalies.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Mar 2014
Brouillard Pascal, Boon Laurence, Vikkula Miikka
Abstract excerpt
Lymphatic anomalies include a variety of developmental and/or functional defects affecting the lymphatic vessels: sporadic and familial forms of primary lymphedema, secondary lymphedema, chylothorax and chylous ascites, lymphatic malformations, and overgrowth syndromes with a lymphatic component. Germline mutations have been identified in at least 20 genes that encode proteins acting around VEGFR-3 signaling but...
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