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Pulmonary arterio-venous malformations in a patient with a novel mutation in exon 10 of the ACVRL1 gene.
Acta clinica Belgica - 1 Apr 2014
Vandenbriele C, Peerlinck K, de Ravel T, Verhamme P, Vanassche T
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the ACVRL1 gene are a cause of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) type 2. In this case report, we present a patient with isolated pulmonary arterio-venous malformations (PAVMs) without other diagnostic criteria for HHT and a novel mutation in exon 10 of the ACVRL1 gene. Other mutations in exon 10 of ACVRL1 have been linked to the development of pulmonary artery hypertension, but PAVMs are a...
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