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Familial aortic disease and a large duplication in chromosome 16p13.1.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 May 2018
Erhart Philipp, Brandt Tobias, Straub Beate K, Hausser Ingrid, Hentze Sabine, Böckler Dittmar, Grond-Ginsbach Caspar
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A recurrent duplication of chromosome 16p13.1 was associated with aortic dissection as well as with cervical artery dissection. We explore the segregation of this duplication in a family with familial aortic disease. METHODS: Whole exome sequencing (WES) analysis was performed in a patient with a family history of aortic diseases and ischemic stroke due to an aortic dissection extending...
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