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Recent developments in the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome and related disorders.
The Medical journal of Australia - 5 Nov 2012
Summers Kim M, West Jennifer A, Hattam Annette, Stark Denis, McGill James J, West Malcolm J
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Marfan syndrome is a multisystem disorder of connective tissue that is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion, and results from mutation of the FBN1 gene on human chromosome 15. There are a number of conditions of the connective tissue with a similar phenotype that can be confused with Marfan syndrome. Modifications of the diagnostic criteria have recently been published, facilitating the differentiation of...
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