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Ten novel FBN2 mutations in congenital contractural arachnodactyly: delineation of the molecular pathogenesis and clinical phenotype.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2002
Gupta Prateek A, Putnam Elizabeth A, Carmical Sonya G, Kaitila Ilkka, Steinmann Beat, Child Anne, Danesino Cesare, Metcalfe Kay, Berry Susan A, Chen Emily, Delorme Catherine Vincent, Thong Meow-Keong, Adès Lesley C, Milewicz Dianna M
Abstract excerpt
Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) is an autosomal dominant condition that shares skeletal features with Marfan syndrome (MFS), but does not have the ocular and cardiovascular complications that characterize MFS. CCA and MFS result from mutations in highly similar genes, FBN2 and FBN1,...
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