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EFEMP1 haploinsufficiency causes a Marfan-like hereditary connective tissue disorder.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2024
Forghani Irman, Lang Steven H, Rodier Matthew J, Bivona Stephanie A, Morales Alejo A, Zuchner Stephan, Bademci Guney, Tekin Mustafa
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic features of a hereditary connective tissue disorder, including craniofacial characteristics, hyperextensible skin, joint laxity, kyphoscoliosis, arachnodactyly, inguinal hernia, and diverticulosis associated with biallelic pathogenic variants in EFEMP1 have been previously described in four patients. Genome sequencing on a proband and her mother with comparable phenotypic features revealed that both...
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