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Genetics of pulmonary hypertension in the clinic.
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine - 1 Sept 2017
Girerd Barbara, Lau Edmund, Montani David, Humbert Marc
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an autosomal dominant disease with incomplete penetrance because of mutations in bone morphogenetic protein receptor-II (BMPR2), activin A receptor type II-like kinase 1, endoglin, caveolin-1, potassium channel subfamily K, member 3, and T-box gene 4 genes. Heritable pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and/or pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis...
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