Article
Marfan syndrome: new clues to genotype-phenotype correlations.
Annals of medicine - 1 Jun 1999
Ramirez F, Gayraud B, Pereira L
Abstract excerpt
Fibrillin 1 is the main constituent of extracellular microfibrils. Microfibrils can exist as individual structures or associate with elastin to form elastic fibres. Fibrillin 1 mutations are the cause of the pleiotropic manifestations of the Marfan syndrome (MFS) which principally involve the musculoskeletal, ocular and cardiovascular systems. MFS pathogenesis requires high levels of mutant fibrillin 1 molecules...
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