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Fetal aortic root dilation: a prenatal feature of the Loeys-Dietz syndrome.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Nov 2006
Viassolo Valeria, Lituania Mario, Marasini Maurizio, Dietz Harry, Benelli Fabrizio, Forzano Francesca, Faravelli Francesca
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Loeys-Dietz syndrome is a recently described autosomal dominant disorder with cardinal manifestations in cardiovascular, craniofacial and skeletal systems. Although the disease has some phenotypic overlap with Marfan syndrome, the disease, that is caused by mutations in the transforming growth factor beta-receptor 1 (TGFBR1) or transforming growth factor beta-receptor 2 (TGFBR2) genes, presents many distinctive...
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