Life expectancy in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
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Life expectancy in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia.
BACKGROUND There are few data on life expectancy in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), a disorder with life-threatening complications. METHODS Seventy HHT patients provided data on age and age at death of their HHT-affected parent, which was compared with that of the parent's non-affected partner. RESULTS At the time of the study, 40 HHT parents (57.1%) vs. 36 (51.4...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl037