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Isolated aortic dilation without osteoarthritis: a case of SMAD3 mutation.
Cardiology in the young - 1 May 2018
Arroyave Jose, Carretero Juan Manuel, Gruosso Domenico
Abstract excerpt
Aneurysm-osteoarthritis syndrome is a recently discovered inherited autosomal dominant connective tissue disease caused by SMAD3 mutations. Aneurysm-osteoarthritis syndrome is responsible for 2% of familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections and is characterised by aneurysms, dissections, and tortuosity throughout the arterial tree in combination with osteoarthritis. Early-onset osteoarthritis is present...
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