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Novel FBN1 mutations are responsible for cardiovascular manifestations of Marfan syndrome.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Nov 2016
Wang Jin'e, Yan Yupeng, Chen Jinxing, Gong Ling, Zhang Yu, Yuan Mengmeng, Cui Bing, Wang Yibo
Abstract excerpt
The fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene mutations result in Marfan syndrome (MFS) and have a variety of phenotypic variations. This disease is involved in the skeletal, ocular and cardiovascular system. Here we analyzed genotype-phenotype correlation in two Chinese families with MFS. Two patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections were diagnosed as MFS according to the revised Ghent criteria. Peripheral blood...
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