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Supravalvular aortic stenosis associated with a deletion disrupting the elastin gene.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Mar 1994
Ewart A K, Jin W, Atkinson D, Morris C A, Keating M T
Abstract excerpt
Supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS) is an inherited vascular disease that can cause heart failure and death. SVAS can be inherited as an autosomal dominant trait or as part of a developmental disorder, Williams syndrome (WS). In recent studies we presented evidence suggesting that a translocation disrupting the elastin gene caused SVAS in one family while deletions involving the entire elastin locus caused WS....
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