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Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

also: Osler–Weber–Rendu syndrome

Inherited vascular dysplasia with epistaxis, telangiectasias and visceral arteriovenous malformations.

Specialty
Hematology
Subspecialty
Hematology / Vascular disorders
Sex & age distribution
Male: affected; Female: affected equally; Children: yes, epistaxis in childhood
Gene(s) involved
ACVRL1, ENG, GDF2, SMAD4
Alternative names & eponyms
Osler–Weber–Rendu syndrome

Etiology & mechanism

Impaired BMP9/10–ALK1–endoglin signaling.

Gene(s) involved (4)

Symptoms & signs (6)

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