The prevalence and manifestations of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia in the Afro-Caribbean population of the Netherlands Antilles: A family screening

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 116 A, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 324-328

  Westermann, Cornelius J J ^a   Rosina, Ahlsen F ^b,d   De Vries, Vanessa ^c   De Coteau, Pamela A ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital Willemstad   (Netherlands Antilles)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d SDKP   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

African descent; Family screening; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EPISTAXIS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 0042130535     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10002     Document Type: Article

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