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Genomics of Fibromuscular Dysplasia.
International journal of molecular sciences - 21 May 2018
Di Monaco Silvia, Georges Adrien, Lengelé Jean-Philippe, Vikkula Miikka, Persu Alexandre
Abstract excerpt
Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD) is “an idiopathic, segmental, non-atherosclerotic and non-inflammatory disease of the musculature of arterial walls, leading to stenosis of small and medium-sized arteries” (Persu, et al; 2014). FMD can lead to hypertension, arterial dissections, subarachnoid haemorrhage, stroke or mesenteric ischemia. The pathophysiology of the disease remains elusive. While familial...
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