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Marfan syndrome: Report of a complex phenotype due to a 15q21.1 contiguos gene deletion encompassing FBN1, and literature review.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jan 2017
Dordoni Chiara, Ciaccio Claudia, Santoro Graziano, Venturini Marina, Cavallari Ugo, Ritelli Marco, Colombi Marina
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Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an autosomal dominant connective tissue disorder that primarily involves skeletal, ocular, and cardiovascular systems with large inter- and intra-familial variability in terms of age of onset, severity, and aortic disease. The causal gene, FBN1, encodes for fibrillin 1, a multi-domain glycoprotein essential for many biological functions, including deposition and formation of elastic...
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