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Elastin point mutations cause an obstructive vascular disease, supravalvular aortic stenosis.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jul 1997
Li D Y, Toland A E, Boak B B, Atkinson D L, Ensing G J, Morris C A, Keating M T
Abstract excerpt
Supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS) is an inherited obstructive vascular disease that affects the aorta, carotid, coronary and pulmonary arteries. Previous molecular genetic data have led to the hypothesis that SVAS results from mutations in the elastin gene, ELN. In these studies, the disease p...
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