Shared Genetic Risk Factors of Intracranial, Abdominal, and Thoracic Aneurysms

van 't Hof, Femke N G; Ruigrok, Ynte M; Lee, Cue Hyunkyu; Ripke, Stephan; Bijlenga, Philippe Alexandre Pierre

doi:10.1161/JAHA.115.002603

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Shared Genetic Risk Factors of Intracranial, Abdominal, and Thoracic Aneurysms

Contributorsvan 't Hof, Femke N G; Ruigrok, Ynte M; Lee, Cue Hyunkyu; Ripke, Stephan; Bijlenga, Philippe Alexandre Pierre

Published inJournal of the American Heart Association. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, vol. 5, no. 7

Publication date2016

Abstract

Intracranial aneurysms (IAs), abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), and thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) all have a familial predisposition. Given that aneurysm types are known to co-occur, we hypothesized that there may be shared genetic risk factors for IAs, AAAs, and TAAs.

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département des neurosciences cliniques

Research groups

Groupe Schaller Karl Lothard (neurochirurgie) (851)

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VAN ”T HOF, Femke N G et al. Shared Genetic Risk Factors of Intracranial, Abdominal, and Thoracic Aneurysms. In: Journal of the American Heart Association. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, 2016, vol. 5, n° 7. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002603

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PID : unige:93653
DOI : 10.1161/JAHA.115.002603
PMID : 27418160

Journal ISSN2047-9980

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Shared Genetic Risk Factors of Intracranial, Abdominal, and Thoracic Aneurysms

Intracranial aneurysms (IAs), abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), and thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) all have a familial predisposition. Given that aneurysm types are known to co-occur, we hypothesized that there may be shared genetic risk factors for IAs, AAAs, and TAAs.

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