title: Prevalence of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in children versus adults with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
abstract: It is unclear whether pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia develop later in life or are preformed in childhood. We show that the prevalence of PAVMs in children is similar to that in their parents, providing evidence against de novo PAVM formation in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Giuseppe A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Latino
authors.forename: Suhail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Saleh
authors.forename: Nasser
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alharbi
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Marie E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Faughnan
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ratjen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D015995:Prevalence; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics