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Familial occurrence of brain arteriovenous malformation: a novel ACVRL1 mutation detected by whole exome sequencing.
Journal of neurosurgery - 1 Jun 2017
Yılmaz Baran, Toktaş Zafer Orkun, Akakın Akın, Işık Semra, Bilguvar Kaya, Kılıç Türker, Günel Murat
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) can occur in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). However, brain AVM without HHT has also been reported. Using whole exome sequencing, the authors performed comprehensive genomic characterization of a 6-person Turkish family with 3 cases of brain AVM without HHT. METHODS Three siblings with brain AVM, one of whom also had spinal AVM, were...
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