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Postmortem diagnosis of Marfan syndrome in a case of sudden death due to aortic rupture: Detection of a novel FBN1 frameshift mutation.
Forensic science international - 1 Apr 2016
Wang Yunyun, Chen Shu, Wang Rongshuai, Huang Sizhe, Yang Mingzhen, Liu Liang, Liu Qian
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the sudden death of a 36-year-old Chinese man, a medicolegal autopsy was performed, combining forensic pathological examinations and genetic sequencing analysis to diagnose the cause of death. Genomic DNA samples were extracted from blood and subjected to high-throughput sequencing. Major findings included a dilated aortic root with a ruptured and dissected aorta and consequent tamponade of the...
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