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Determination of the molecular basis of Marfan syndrome: a growth industry.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jul 2004
Byers Peter H
Abstract excerpt
Although it has been known for more than a decade that Marfan syndrome - a dominantly inherited connective tissue disorder characterized by tall stature, arachnodactyly, lens subluxation, and a high risk of aortic aneurysm and dissection - results from mutations in the FBN1 gene, which encodes fibrillin-1, the precise mechanism by which the pleiotropic phenotype is produced has been unclear. A report in this...
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