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A systematic study and literature review of parental somatic mosaicism of FBN1 pathogenic variants in Marfan syndrome.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 2022
Fernández-Álvarez Paula, Codina-Sola Marta, Valenzuela Irene, Teixidó-Turá Gisela, Cueto-González Anna, Paramonov Ida, Antolín María, López-Grondona Fermina, Vendrell Teresa, Evangelista Artur, García-Arumí Elena, Tizzano Eduardo F
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BACKGROUND: A proportion of de novo variants in patients affected by genetic disorders, particularly those with autosomal dominant (AD) inheritance, could be the consequence of somatic mosaicism in one of the progenitors. There is growing evidence that germline and somatic mosaicism are more common and play a greater role in genetic disorders than previously acknowledged. In Marfan syndrome (MFS), caused by...
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