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Genetic variants in a Polish population of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: sequencing of BMPR2, ALK1, and ENG genes.
Kardiologia polska - 1 Jan 2018
Uznańska-Loch Barbara, Wikło Kamil, Kulczycka-Wojdala Dominika, Szymańska Bożena, Chrzanowski Łukasz, Wierzbowska-Drabik Karina, Trzos Ewa, Kasprzak Jarosław D, Kurpesa Małgorzata
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare disease with a very serious prognosis. It seems that mutations in genes related to transforming growth factor-b signalling pathway are often related to the development of the disease. No study covers this problem in a Polish population. AIM: To screen for genetic mutations in a Polish cohort of patients with pulmonary hypertension, especially with...
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