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FBN1 mutation screening of patients with Marfan syndrome and related disorders: detection of 46 novel FBN1 mutations.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jul 2008
Attanasio M, Lapini I, Evangelisti L, Lucarini L, Giusti B, Porciani Mc, Fattori R, Anichini C, Abbate R, Gensini Gf, Pepe G
Abstract excerpt
Fibrillin-1 gene (FBN1) mutations cause Marfan syndrome (MFS), an inherited connective tissue disorder with autosomal dominant transmission. Major clinical manifestations affect cardiovascular and skeletal apparatuses and ocular and central nervous systems. We analyzed FBN1 gene in 99 patients referred to our Center for Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders (University of Florence, Florence, Italy): 85 were...
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