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Marfan syndrome--a diagnostic challenge caused by phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity.
Methods of information in medicine - 1 Jan 2005
Baumgartner C, Mátyás G, Steinmann B, Baumgartner D
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OBJECTIVES: Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an autosomal dominant inherited connective tissue disorder caused by mutations in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene with variable clinical manifestations in the cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and ocular systems. METHODS: Data of moleculor genetic analysis and a catalogue of clinical manifestations including aortic elastic parameters were mined in order to (i) assess aortic...
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