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Characterization of large genomic deletions in the FBN1 gene using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification.
BMC medical genetics - 21 Sept 2011
Furtado Larissa V, Wooderchak-Donahue Whitney, Rope Alan F, Yetman Angela T, Lewis Tracey, Plant Parker, Bayrak-Toydemir Pinar
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BACKGROUND: Connective tissue diseases characterized by aortic aneurysm, such as Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome and Ehlers Danlos syndrome type IV are heterogeneous and despite overlapping phenotypes, the natural history, clinical manifestations and interventional course for each diagnosis can be quite unique. The majority of mutations involved in the etiology of these disorders are missense and nonsense...
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