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Sensitivity of conformation sensitive gel electrophoresis in detecting mutations in Marfan syndrome and related conditions.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2002
Körkkö J, Kaitila I, Lönnqvist L, Peltonen L, Ala-Kokko L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: It has been firmly established that mutations in the gene for fibrillin 1, FBN1, cause Marfan syndrome (MFS). FBN1 mutations can also cause other phenotypes, such as ectopia lentis (EL) and familial isolated thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (FAA). When the clinical presentation is typical, diagnosis of MFS is usually easy to make. However, there can be a marked phenotypic variation between...
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