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Clinical and genetic characterization of adult patients presenting with non-syndromic vascular aneurysms and dissections.
International angiology : a journal of the International Union of Angiology - 1 Oct 2017
D'Souza Ryan S, Slavov Dobromir, Graw Sharon, Jirikowic Jean, Todd Emily, Rogers Robert K, Taylor Matthew R
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BACKGROUND: Genetic disorders affecting the arterial tree in the form of aneurysms and dissections are highly morbid conditions that strike younger persons leading to bleeding, infarction, or even death. Although clinically recognizable syndromes, notably Marfan, Ehlers Danlos, and Loeys-Dietz syndromes encompass the principal diagnosable phenotypes along the genetic vascular disorder spectrum, a substantial...
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