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Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders: 25 Years of Gene Discovery.
Human mutation - 1 Jun 2016
Verstraeten Aline, Alaerts Maaike, Van Laer Lut, Loeys Bart
Abstract excerpt
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a rare, autosomal-dominant, multisystem disorder, presenting with skeletal, ocular, skin, and cardiovascular symptoms. Significant clinical overlap with other systemic connective tissue diseases, including Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS), Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome (SGS), and the MASS phenotype, has been documented. In MFS and LDS, the cardiovascular manifestations account for the major...
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