Article
[Genetic study of renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia].
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux - 1 Aug 1998
Grimbert P, Fiquer-Kempf B, Coudol P, Vuagnat A, Pannier-Moreau I, Corvol P, Plouin P F, Jeunemaître X
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to conduct a formal pedigree analysis of the involvement of the elastin gene in families. From 140 subjects with renal FMD documented on angiography, family cases with documented renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) and to test pedigrees were constructed and familial cases defined by angiographic evidence of FMD in at least one sibling. Familial screening was made either by...
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