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Review
. 2008 Jan 15;117(2):242-52.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.690982.

Aortic aneurysms: an immune disease with a strong genetic component

Helena Kuivaniemi  1 , Chris D Platsoucas, M David Tilson 3rd
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Review

Aortic aneurysms: an immune disease with a strong genetic component

Helena Kuivaniemi et al. Circulation. .
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Figure 1
How to study the pathogenesis and risk factors of AAA in humans? Schematic drawing of the approaches used to identify genetic risk factors of aortic aneurysms (AA), and the genomic and proteomic approaches used to study biological processes involved in AA. Information from one approach can facilitate another approach. Modified with permission from Kuivaniemi & Tromp, 2000.
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