despite the absence of emphysema-like changes in the outbred blo/y males , there were phenotypic features that suggest inherited abnormalities in connective tissue proteins including 1 ) high incidence of aortitis leading to premature death from aneurysmal rupture , and 2 ) significant decrease in the morphometrically determined parenchymal elastic fiber length in the lung ( p less than 0.01 ) .
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