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NADPH oxidase 4 attenuates cerebral artery changes during the progression of Marfan syndrome.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 May 2016
Onetti Yara, Meirelles Thayna, Dantas Ana P, Schröder Katrin, Vila Elisabet, Egea Gustavo, Jiménez-Altayó Francesc
Abstract excerpt
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a connective tissue disorder that is often associated with the fibrillin-1 (Fbn1) gene mutation and characterized by cardiovascular alterations, predominantly ascending aortic aneurysms. Although neurovascular complications are uncommon in MFS, the improvement in Marfan patients' life expectancy is revealing other secondary alterations, potentially including neurovascular disorders....
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