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. 1991 Nov;88(5):1441–1444. doi: 10.1172/JCI115452

Genetic causes of aortic aneurysms. Unlearning at least part of what the textbooks say.

H Kuivaniemi 1, G Tromp 1, D J Prockop 1
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