Rapid and efficient FBN1 mutation detection using automated sample preparation and direct sequencing as the primary strategy.

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Mutations in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene cause Marfan syndrome (MFS) and the other type-1 fibrillinopathies. Finding these mutations is a major challenge considering that the FBN1 gene has a coding region of 8,600 base pairs divided into 65 exons. Most of the more than 600 known mutations have been identified using a mutation scanning method prior to sequencing of fragments with a suspected mutation. However, it...

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