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Sudden death due to a novel nonsense mutation in Marfan syndrome.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Nov 2021
Zhao Shuquan, Duan Yijie, Ma Longda, Shi Qing, Wang Kang, Zhou Yiwu
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BACKGROUND: Marfan syndrome is a hereditary connective tissue disease accompanied by autosomal dominant inheritance; that mainly arises from a mutation in the fibrillin-1 gene (FBN1). Aortic dissection and rupture are the common and lethal complications of MFS and may cause sudden unexpected death. METHOD: A man aged 34 was admitted to the hospital due to persistent pain in his abdomen 12 h post-drinking and...
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