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Comprehensive analysis of dural ectasia in 150 patients with a causative FBN1 mutation.
Clinical genetics - 1 Sept 2014
Sheikhzadeh S, Sondermann C, Rybczynski M, Habermann C R, Brockstaedt L, Keyser B, Kaemmerer H, Mir T, Staebler A, Robinson P N, Kutsche K, Berger J, Blankenberg S, von Kodolitsch Y
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The purpose of this study was to perform a comprehensive study of dural ectasia (DE) related to FBN1 mutations. We performed a database analysis of two German metropolitan regions of 150 patients (68 men, 82 women; mean age 35 ± 16 years). All patients had a FBN1 mutation and underwent dural magnetic resonance imaging. Age was <16 years in 20, 16-25 in 27, 26-35 in 67, and >35 in 36 patients. Prevalence of dural...
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