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Interaction between fibrillin genotype and blood pressure and the development of aneurysmal disease.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 18 Nov 1996
Powell J T, MacSweeney S T, Greenhalgh R M, Turner R J, Henney A M
Abstract excerpt
Debate as to whether abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are caused by atherosclerosis or whether they have a strong genetic etiology continues. We have investigated the hypothesis that risk factors are likely to be strongest in patients with generalized aneurysmal disease. We screened 232 consecutive AAA patients for popliteal aneurysm and investigated cardiovascular and genetic risk factors in these patients....
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