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A novel mutation of the fibrillin gene causing ectopia lentis.
Genomics - 1 Feb 1994
Lönnqvist L, Child A, Kainulainen K, Davidson R, Puhakka L, Peltonen L
Abstract excerpt
Ectopia lentis (EL), a dominantly inherited connective tissue disorder, has been genetically linked to the fibrillin gene on chromosome 15 (FBN1) in earlier studies. Here, we report the first EL mutation in the FBN1 gene confirming that EL is caused by mutations of this gene. So far, several mutations in the FBN1 gene have been reported in patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS). EL and MFS are clinically related but...
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