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Elucidation of the gene defect in Marfan syndrome. Success by two complementary research strategies.
FEBS letters - 27 Jul 1992
Peltonen L, Kainulainen K
Abstract excerpt
Marfan syndrome, which is characterized by manifestations in the skeletal, ocular and cardiovascular systems, is one of the most common inherited connective-tissue disorders. The independently performed genetic assignment of the Marfan locus and classical biochemical and immunohistochemical analyses complemented each other in the search for the Marfan gene defect and in 1991 the fibrillin gene in chromosome 15...
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