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The fibrillinopathies: New insights with focus on the paradigm of opposing phenotypes for both FBN1 and FBN2.
Human mutation - 1 Jul 2022
Peeters Silke, De Kinderen Pauline, Meester Josephina A N, Verstraeten Aline, Loeys Bart L
Abstract excerpt
Different pathogenic variants in the fibrillin-1 gene (FBN1) cause Marfan syndrome and acromelic dysplasias. Whereas the musculoskeletal features of Marfan syndrome involve tall stature, arachnodactyly, joint hypermobility, and muscle hypoplasia, acromelic dysplasia patients present with short stature, brachydactyly, stiff joints, and hypermuscularity. Similarly, pathogenic variants in the fibrillin-2 gene (FBN2)...
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